Hairy Alectryon (Alectryon tomentosus)

Hairy Alectryon, a reference photo — Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Alectryon tomentosus, commonly known as the hairy birds eye, red jacket or woolly rambutan, is a rainforest tree of the family Sapindaceae found in eastern Australia. The specific epithet tomentosus refers to the hairy leaves and hairy young shoots.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Hairy Alectryon 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

Elattostachys xylocarpa
Alectryon subdentatus
Cupaniopsis serrata

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Alectryon
Species: Alectryon tomentosus

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