''Excoecaria dallachyana'', the scrub poison tree or brush poison tree, is a species of plant in the spurge family,

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...

It is found from the

Clarence River, New South Wales The Clarence River ( Bundjalung: ''Boorimbah'', Yaygir: ''Ngunitiji'') is a river situated in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, in the Border Range ...

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in Australia. The habitat is

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

by streams or in the drier form of rainforest. The leaves are toxic to livestock and the sap is irritating to human skin. It is a slender tree which may reach in height.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5419712 dallachyana Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Trees of Australia Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon Taxa named by George Bentham