Atalaya hemiglauca, commonly known as whitewood or cattle bush, is a species of plant in the soapberry (Sapindaceae) family. It is native to northern and inland Australia where it occurs from Western Australia through the Northern Territory and South Australia to Queensland and northern New South Wales.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Whitewood 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
- Ventilago viminalis
- Alectryon oleifolius
- Brachychiton gregorii
- Acacia salicina
- Acacia pruinocarpa
- Angophora melanoxylon
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Atalaya
- Species
- Atalaya hemiglauca
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