Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. austral. 3:273. 1867
Verified:
04/27/2001
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- D'Ombrain, A. 1944. Sudden blindness after eating finger cherries (Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa). Med. J. Austral. 2:263.
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
- Lucas, C. E. 1944. Letter regarding: Sudden blindness after eating finger cherries (Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa). Med. J. Austral. 2:263.
- Scott, A. J. 1978. A revision of Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae). Kew Bull. 33:321.
Common names
English
Cooktown loquat – finger-cherry –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Moluccas | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Moluccas], Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=418458.
Accessed 6 October 2024.