Yellow Walnut
''Beilschmiedia bancroftii'' is a tree species in the family Lauraceae. It is native to Queensland in Australia. Common names include yellow walnut, yellow nut and canary ash. The species was first formally described by Queensland colonial botanist Frederick Manson Bailey in 1891, based on plant material collected on the Johnstone River and "other scrubs of tropical Queensland". It was initially named ''Cryptocarya bancroftii'', but later transferred to the genus ''Beilschmiedia'' in 1918 by Cyril Tenison White. Though the seeds are toxic when fresh, they were used by indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples o ... following treatment. References bancroftii Laurales of Australia Flora of Queensland Edible nuts and seeds Plants described in 1 ...
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