Galbulimima baccata

Northern Pigeonberry Ash
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Himantandraceae
Genus: Galbulimima
Species: G. baccata
Binomial name
Galbulimima baccata
F.M.Bailey
Synonyms
  • Himantandra baccata (Bailey) Diels, Botanische Jahrbucher 55: 128(1918)
  • Galbulimima belgraveana (F.Muell.) Sprague, The Journal of Botany 60: 138(1922)

Galbulimima baccata, the Northern Pigeonberry Ash is a rare rainforest tree found in two populations in Queensland, Australia. It is likely to be a poisonous and hallucinogenic plant like the related Galbulimima belgraveana. The fruit is eaten by Cassowaries and rainforest pigeons.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Information Sign - Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney


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