Brachychiton discolor is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in drier rainforest areas. Scattered from Paterson, New South Wales (32° S) to Mackay, Queensland (21° S), there is also an isolated community of these trees on Cape York Peninsula in tropical Queensland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lacebark 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
- Brachychiton acerifolius
- Oreopanax peltatus
- Aleurites moluccanus — considered toxic
- Brachychiton australis
- Brachychiton bidwillii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Brachychiton
- Species
- Brachychiton discolor
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