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Nothofagus nuda
Nothofagus nuda is a species of plant in the family Nothofagaceae. It is a tree endemic to Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea in eastern New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The species was described by Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis in 1972. N. nuda proposed to be renamed Trisyngyne nuda in 2013.
From the article Nothofagus nuda on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Nothofagus nuda is known from a single collection near the Tauri River in Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. The species has an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of less than 100 km2. It grows in mixed lower montane rain forest at 1,200 meters elevation, alongside Nothofagus perryi.
Wikipedia: “Range and habitat”
Toxicity
In 1927, N. nuda was reported by J. R. Croft to account for 949 deaths throughout Papua New Guinea. The plant is traditionally used as an herb in culinary dishes throughout the Puri Puri tribes of the Papua New Guinea highlands but results in hypoglycemic shock after ingestion of large doses. Croft reported that wives within the polygamous tribes of the Puri Puri used the herb to poison the patriarchs during tribal disputes that coincided with the winter solstice. Scientists in Macao Laboratory isolated the active molecule of the plant in late 2006.
== References ==
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 441300.