Galbulimima baccata

Northern pigeonberry ash
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Himantandraceae
Genus: Galbulimima
Species:
G. baccata
Binomial name
Galbulimima baccata
Synonyms
  • Himantandra baccata (Bailey) Diels, Botanische Jahrbucher 55: 128(1918)
  • Galbulimima belgraveana (F.Muell.) Sprague, The Journal of Botany 60: 138(1922)

Galbulimima baccata, the northern pigeonberry ash is a rare rainforest tree found in two populations in Queensland, Australia. It is likely to be a poisonous and hallucinogenic plant like the related Galbulimima belgraveana. The fruit is eaten by cassowaries and rainforest pigeons.

Scripps Research Institute finds a novel method of synthesizing Galbulimima sp.(G. belgraveana) compounds for psychotropic applications.