Scrub poison tree

Description

Excoecaria dallachyana, the Scrub Poison Tree or Brush Poison Tree is a species of plant in the Spurge family. It is found from the Clarence River, New South Wales to Townsville, Queensland. The habitat is rainforest by streams or in the drier form of rainforest. The leaves are toxic to stock and the sap is irritating to human skin. A slender tree which may reach 15 metres tall.