Lophostemon lactifluus, commonly known as swamp mahogany or milky box, is a tree or shrub of the family Myrtaceae native to northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory in northern Australia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lophostemon lactifluus 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
- Lophostemon suaveolens
- Lophostemon grandiflorus
- Lophostemon confertus
- Brachychiton diversifolius
- Corymbia peltata
- Syzygium suborbiculare
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Lophostemon
- Species
- Lophostemon lactifluus
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