Beilschmiedia bancroftii explained

Beilschmiedia bancroftii is a tree species in the family Lauraceae. It is native to Queensland in Australia. Common names include yellow walnut, yellow nut and canary ash.[1]

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". It was initially named Cryptocarya bancroftii, but later transferred to the genus Beilschmiedia in 1918 by Cyril Tenison White.[2]

Though the seeds are toxic when fresh, they were used by indigenous Australians following treatment.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian plant common name database . 2009-07-10. Australian National Botanic Gardens. https://web.archive.org/web/20090628181746/http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names. 28 June 2009 . live.
  2. Web site: Beilschmiedia bancroftii. 31 July 2011 . Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra.
  3. Web site: 21 March 2021 . Beilschmiedia bancroftii . F.A. Zich . B.P.M Hyland . T. Whiffen . R.A. Kerrigan . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8 . 2020 . Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) .
  4. Web site: Australian aborigines from Rainforests . 2012-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724231948/http://earthsci.org/aboriginal/Ngadjonji%20History/photos/artefacts/Grinding%20Stones.htm . 2008-07-24 . dead .

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