Semecarpus australiensis
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643ffc8c826fe825995908 |
| Scientific name | Semecarpus australiensis |
| Authority | Engl. |
| First published in | Monogr. Phan. 4: 482 (1883) |
Description Top
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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.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| 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) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | cedar plum |
| English | native cashew |
| English | tar tree |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Papuasia
- Bismarck Archipelago
- New Guinea
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Australia
- Queensland
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Australia
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Southwestern Pacific
- New Caledonia
- Vanuatu
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Southwestern Pacific
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| 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 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Title | Authors | Publication | Released | IDs | ||||||
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| 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 |
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| In public collections | 0 |