Harpullia hillii, commonly known as tulipwood, blunt-leaved tulip or oblong-leaved tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves, the leaflets elliptic to egg-shaped and papery with the narrower end towards the base, white flowers, and orange capsules containing a seed nearly enclosed in a red aril.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Blunt leaved Tulip 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
- Flindersia schottiana
- Dysoxylum rufum
- Bosistoa pentacocca
- Diploglottis campbellii
- Dysoxylum fraserianum
- Dimocarpus longan
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Harpullia
- Species
- Harpullia hillii
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