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Cerbera floribunda (cassowary plum)

Synonyms: Cerbera batjanica; Cerbera micrantha

Wikipedia Abstract

Cerbera floribunda, commonly known as cassowary plum, grey milkwood, brebong, biegbau or babai, is a species of Cerbera native to New Guinea and Tropical North Queensland in Australia. It is a favourite food of North Queensland’s iconic flightless bird, the southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius). The cassowary plum can grow to about 30 meters. At the age of three years, it begins to produce white flowers with red centers, which become the signature fruits. The fruit is egg shaped, large, smooth, and blue.
View Wikipedia Record: Cerbera floribunda

Predators

Casuarius bennetti (Dwarf Cassowary)[1]
Euploea phaenareta (Giant crow butterfly)[2]
Probosciger aterrimus (Palm Cockatoo)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Diet, Keystone Resources and Altitudinal Movement of Dwarf Cassowaries in Relation to Fruiting Phenology in a Papua New Guinean Rainforest, DEBRA D. WRIGHT, Tropical Fruits and Frugivores 2005, 205-236
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Notes on Occurrence and Feeding of Birds at Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Papua New Guinea, Andrew L. Mack and Debra D. Wright, EMU Vol. 96, 89-101, 1996
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0