Tristaniopsis laurina, the water gum or kanooka, is a tree species native to Australia. It usually grows near the eastern coastline and along the banks of streams, where the trunks and branches tend to be shaped in the direction of the current and give an indication of the flood height.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Water Gum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tristaniopsis exiliflora
- Tristaniopsis collina
- Myrsine seguinii
- Persoonia arborea
- Rapanea melanophloeos
- Samadera bidwillii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Tristaniopsis
- Species
- Tristaniopsis laurina
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