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Timbers Known To Produce Reactions In Some Individuals

[Native Species]

Common Name

Alpine ash

Blackbean

Blackwood

Blue gum (Tasmanian)

Brigalow

Camphor laurel

Coolibah (northern)

Cooliman tree, shitwood

Grass tree/blackboy

Grey box

Grey myrtle

Gutta percha

Jarrah

Lemon scented gum

Messmate

Miva mahogany

Mountain ash

Mulga

Nthn silky oak

Poison walnut

Qld maple

Red bloodwoods

Red cedar

Red silky oak

Red siris/ Mackay cedar

Silky beech

Silver silkwood

Southern silky oak

Spotted gum

Turpentine

White cedar

White cypress pine

Botanical

Name

Eucalyptus delagatensis

Castanospermum australe

Acacia melanoxylon

Eucalyptus globulus

Acacia harpophylla

Cinnamomum camphora

Eucalyptus microtheca

Gyrocarpus americanus

Xanthorrhoea sp.

Eucalyptus microcarpa

Diospyros sp

Excoecaria parvifolia

Eucalyptus marginata

Corymbia citriodora

Eucalyptus obliqua

Dysoxylum fraserianum

Eucalyptus regnans

Acacia aneura

Cardwellia sublimis

Endiandra pleurosperma

Flindersia brayleyana

Corymbia gummifera

Toona ciliata

Stenocarpus salignus

Albizia toona

Citronella moorei

Flindersia accuminata

Grevillea robusta

Corymbia maculata

Syncarpia glomilifera

Melia azedarach

Callitris glaucophylla

C. intermedia, C. polycarpa

Some Recorded Reactions

Irritation to mucous membranes

Irritation of mucous membranes, nose, mouth, throat,

genitals, armpits

Dermatitis and skin reactions

Dermatitis

'Brigalow itch' irritation to nose, eyes, throat, groin

(wood & bark dust)

Can cause dermatitis and shortness of breath

Skin irritation (bark & wood dust)

Can cause blindness

Dermatitis and skin reactions

Eczema, irritation to mucous membranes

Causes skin eruptions (especially from splinters)

Temporary blindness from contact with milky sap

Irritation to nose, throat, eyes

Dermatitis

Dermatitis, asthma, sneezing

Nosebleeds, headaches, inflammation of nose and eyes

Irritation to nose and throat, eyes and dermatitis

Headache, vomiting, irritation

Green wood and dust can cause dermatitis

Bark very irritating, breathing problems, vomiting &

giddiness

Dermatitis

Irritation to eyes and skin

Earache, giddiness, stomach cramp, asthma

Irritation to mucous membranes

Irritation to eyes, nose, throat, sneezing

Irritation to nose and eyes

Irritation to nose and throat

Skin eruptions, blistering eyelid irritation and dermatitis

Dermatitis

Inflammation of mucous membranes

Nosebleed, dermatitis, headache

Dermatitis, asthma, nasal cancer, irritation of mucous

membranes

Douglas fir (oregon)

Ebonies

European beech

European oaks

Kwila

Meranti

NG rosewood/padauk

Nyatoh

Padauk

Redwood (USA)

Rimu (NZ)

Slash pine

Teak

Walnuts

Western red cedar

Yews

Pseudosuga menziesii

Diospyros sp.

Fagus sylvatica

Quercus sp

Instia bijuga, I. palembanica

Shorea sp

Pterocarpus sp

Palaquium sp, Payene sp

Pterocarpus sp

Sequioa sempervirens

Dacrydium cupressinum

Pinus elliottii

Tectonia grandis

Juglans sp.

Thuja plicata

Taxus sp.

Acute dermatitis, sneezing conjunctivitis

Acute dermatitis, sneezing conjunctivitis

Dermatitis, giddiness, vomiting, 'mahogany cough'

Acute dermatitis, sneezing, conjunctivitis

Nasal and sinus cancer

Dermatitis, sneezing, nasal cancer

Irritation to nose and throat

Dermatitis, irritation of mucous membranes

Dermatitis, asthma

Irritation to mucous membranes

Dermatitis, asthma, irritation to mucous membranes

Dermatitis, asthma

Irritation to nose and eyes

Dermatitis

Dermatitis, conjunctivitis, over sensitivity to light, swollen

scrotum, nausea

Nasal cancer, dermatitis and irritation of mucous membranes

Dermatitis, asthma, nasal cancer, nausea, nose bleeds

and giddiness

Headache, lung congestion, nausea, fainting, visual dis

turbances, irritation of alimentary canal

Warning: This list is not exhaustive, and care should be taken in handling and working with all unfamiliar timbers, whether wet or dry.

[Non-Native Species]

African blackwood

Dalbergia melanoxylon

Cocobolo/kingwood/rosewoods Dalbergia sp.