Excoecaria parvifolia
| Excoecaria parvifolia | |
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| in Bradshaw Field Training Area | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Excoecaria |
| Species: | E. parvifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Excoecaria parvifolia | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Excoecaria agallocha var. muelleriana Baill. | |
Excoecaria parvifolia is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland[1][2] It is also known as the guttapercha tree, although it is botanically unrelated to the Southeast Asian gutta-percha (Palaquium gutta).[3]
It was first described by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1864, from a specimen collected by Ferdinand von Mueller in Arnhem Land.[4][5]
It is found across northern Australia, from northern Western Australia, the north of the Northern Territory, to northern Queensland,[2] growing on seasonally waterlogged clay flats, and occasionally on semi-saline soils.[6]
It flowers in the early wet season with fruits appearing from January to April.[6]
Indigenous names & uses
[edit]The Warumungu people of the Tennant Creek area know this tree as Manyingiila,[7] and use the smoke from burning the wood to keep away mosquitoes.[7]
Other Aboriginal language names are: Gurniny (Jaminjung, Ngaliwurru, Nungali), Yilili (MalakMalak, Matngala), Gilirr (Mangarrayi, Yangman).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Excoecaria parvifolia Müll.Arg. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ a b "Excoecaria parvifolia Müll.Arg". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2919165
- ^ "Excoecaria parvifolia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Müller Argoviensis, J. (3 September 1864). "Neue Euphorbiaceen des Herbarium Hooker in Kew, auszugsweise vorläufig mitgetheilt aus dem manuscript für De Candolle's Prodromus". Flora: Oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung. 47 (28): 433.
- ^ a b c "Excoecaria parvifolia". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ a b Michael Jampin Jones; Sandra Nangali Morrison; Ronald Jungarrayi Morrison; et al. (2022). Warumungu Plants and Animals. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-74350-317-1. Wikidata Q130753534.