Sunday, December 27, 2020

Cnidoscolus

 Bad sound quality on this one. It is a member of the Euphorbia family that slightly poisonous spikes. The family includes both bull nettle and the spineless chaya/spinach tree. Chaya is very nutritious. I ran into a bull nettle once... NOT fun! It stings like stinging nettle, but also made me feel like I had the flu.

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