Citronella moorei is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Common names for this species include churnwood, citronella, soapy box, silky beech, and corduroy. It is easily identified in the rainforest by the extraordinary twisting and crooked trunk.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Churnwood 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
- Gomphandra australiana
- Cryptocarya erythroxylon
- Pennantia cunninghamii
- Endiandra mulleri
- Guilfoylia monostylis
- Champereia manillana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Aquifoliales
- Family
- Cardiopteridaceae
- Genus
- Citronella
- Species
- Citronella moorei
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