Excoecaria dallachyana
| Scrub Poison Tree | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Excoecaria |
| Species: | E. dallachyana |
| Binomial name | |
| Excoecaria dallachyana Benth. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Excoecaria agallocha var. dallachiana Baillon | |
Excoecaria dallachyana, the Scrub Poison Tree or Brush Poison Tree is a species of plant in the Spurge family. It is found from the Clarence River, New South Wales to Townsville, Queensland. The habitat is rainforest by streams or in the drier form of rainforest. The leaves are toxic to stock and the sap is irritating to human skin. A slender tree which may reach 15 metres tall.[1]
References
- ↑ Floyd, A.G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 2008, ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3 page 149