Beilschmiedia bancroftii
Species of flowering plant
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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]
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Beilschmiedia bancroftii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cryptocarya bancroftii F.M.Bailey | |
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]
