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Scientific name Semecarpus australiensis
Authority Engl.
First published in Monogr. Phan. 4: 482 (1883)

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Semecarpus australiensis, commonly known as the tar tree, native cashew, marking nut, or cedar plum, is a species of tree in the cashew, sumac and mango family Anacardiaceae, native to parts of Melanesia and northern Australia. It is a large rainforest tree up to 40 m (130 ft) in height with a straight and cylindrical trunk marked with oval-shaped lenticels. Contact with the plant can cause serious allergic reactions due to the presence of highly irritant resins. Indigenous Australians were aware of the toxic nature of this plant, and developed methods of deactivating the toxins so that the fleshy receptacle and the nut could be eaten. The tree also serves as one of the host plants for the larvea of the Purple Line-blue butterfly.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Semecarpus congestiflora K.Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee : 412 (1900)
Cassuvium australiense Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 151 (1891)
Semecarpus anacardium var. parvifolia Benth. Fl. Austral. 1: 491 (1863)

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English cedar plum
English native cashew
English tar tree

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000434832
Tropicos 100400454
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:71204-1
Open Tree Of Life 456301
NCBI Taxonomy 289768
IUCN Red List 136089727
IPNI 71204-1
iNaturalist 851169
GBIF 7321607
Freebase /m/04f47js
Elurikkus 588258
USDA GRIN 452804
Wikipedia Semecarpus_australiensis

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Zingerone in the Flower of Passiflora maliformis Attracts an Australian Fruit Fly, Bactrocera jarvisi (Tryon) Park SJ, De Faveri SG, Cheesman J, Hanssen BL, Cameron DN, Jamie IM, Taylor PW Molecules 22-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7355451
doi:10.3390/molecules25122877
PMID:32580521

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