Cassowary Plum

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Cerbera floribunda

Cassowary Plum, a reference photo
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Cerbera floribunda, commonly known as cassowary plum, grey milkwood, or rubber tree, is a plant in the family Apocynaceae which is native to the region from Sulawesi to the Solomon Islands, including northeast Queensland, Australia.

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Is it poisonous?

Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. Suicide tree; cerberin in seeds Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Cerbera
Species
Cerbera floribunda

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