Symplocos stawellii, or the white hazelwood, is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. It often grows along creeks in gullies, in tropical and sub-tropical rainforests. The natural distribution is from Gerringong Creek in the upper Kangaroo Valley (34° S) of New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in tropical Queensland. It also occurs in New Guinea.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of White Hazelwood 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
- Symplocos thwaitesii
- Ilex paraguariensis — considered toxic
- Quintinia sieberi
- Prunus zippeliana
- Helicia rengetiensis
- Symplocos uniflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Symplocaceae
- Genus
- Symplocos
- Species
- Symplocos stawellii
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