Cerbera floribunda (cassowary plum)

Cerbera floribunda K.Schum. (1889) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

A widespread species in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld.
Altitudinal range from near sea level to about 500 m.
Usually grows in lowland rain forest. 
Also occurs in New Guinea.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Cerbera floribunda K.Schum. (1889): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/60192/api/apni-format .
Cerbera ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Cerbera&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=&search=true 
Viewed: 2025 September 28th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Cerbera floribunda K.Schum. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Cerbera_floribunda.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 28th .

• Forster Paul I, Queensland Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Cerbera floribunda K.Schum. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Forster Paul I (1992 September 9) 
A taxonomic revision of Cerbera L. (Apocynaceae) in Australia and Papuasia.
Austrobaileya 3 (4) : 569–579 . 
→ https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41738802.pdf 
Viewed: 2025 September 28th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—page: 35 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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