Glochidion harveyanum known as the buttonwood or Harvey's buttonwood is a shrub or small tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is found in tropical north eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea in drier rainforest areas, from coastal areas to 1,000 metres above sea level.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Buttonwood 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
- Glochidion ellipticum
- Glochidion hohenackeri
- Glochidion ferdinandi
- Glochidion kusukusense
- Glochidion billardierei
- Lacistema aggregatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus
- Glochidion
- Species
- Glochidion harveyanum
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