Orange boxwood

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Denhamia disperma

Orange boxwood, a reference photo
Photo: Mark Marathon · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Denhamia disperma, sometimes referred to as the orange boxwood, is a shrub or small tree growing in eastern Australia, from Queensland to northeastern New South Wales. Often seen in and near dry rainforests.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Orange boxwood 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

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Celastrales
Family
Celastraceae
Species
Denhamia disperma

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