Petalostigma pubescens Domin is a plant in the Picrodendraceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Petalostigma pubescens Domin

Petalostigma pubescens Domin

Petalostigma pubescens Domin, the quinine bush, is a native rainforest tree described in 1927 by Karel Domin.

Genus
Petalostigma
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Petalostigma pubescens Domin

Petalostigma pubescens, commonly called the quinine bush, is a rainforest tree species. Its scientific name is Petalostigma pubescens Domin, and it was first formally described by botanist Karel Domin in 1927. This species is native to Papua New Guinea and the Australian regions of Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales, and Western Australia.

Photo: (c) Margaret Alcorn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Margaret Alcorn · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Picrodendraceae Petalostigma

More from Picrodendraceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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