Beilschmiedia bancroftii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Lauraceae |
Genus: | Beilschmiedia |
Species: | B. bancroftii
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Binomial name | |
Beilschmiedia bancroftii | |
Synonyms | |
Cryptocarya bancroftii F.M.Bailey |
Beilschmiedia bancroftii is a tree species in the family Lauraceae. It is native to Queensland in Australia. [2] Common names include yellow walnut, yellow nut and canary ash. [3]
The species was first formally described by Queensland colonial botanist Frederick Manson Bailey in 1891, based on plant material collected on the Johnstone River and "other scrubs of tropical Queensland". [4] It was initially named Cryptocarya bancroftii, but later transferred to the genus Beilschmiedia in 1918 by Cyril Tenison White. [4]
Though the seeds are toxic when fresh, they were used by indigenous Australians following treatment. [5] [6]