Semecarpus australiensis
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Semecarpus australiensis, commonly known as the tar tree, native cashew, marking nut, or cedar plum, is a species of tree in the cashew and mango family Anacardiaceae, native to parts of Melanesia and
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Mature fruit
Detail of trunk
Foliage
Southern cassowary
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The southern cassowary, also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary, or two-wattled cassowary, is a large, flightless, mostly black bird, found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and nor
Semecarpus australiensis
…It grows in lowland rainforest, monsoon forest and gallery forest, close to the sea or to water courses. The fruits of this species are eaten by cassowaries (Casuarius casuarius) with no apparent adverse effects from the sap that is toxic to humans. The tree also serves as one of the host plants for the…
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Phenotypic diversity of the head
Adult male with two chicks
Egg at Museum Wiesbaden