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A few Australian native plants are used by the pharmaceutical industry, such as two scopolamine and hyoscyamine producing Duboisia species and Solanum aviculare and S. laciniatum for the steroid solasodine. Essential oils from Melaleuca, Callitris, Prostanthera, Eucalyptus and Eremophila are also used medicinally. Due to the wide variety of ...
The Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) (ANPSA) is a federation of seven state-based member organisations for people interested in Australia's native flora, both in aspects of conservation and in cultivation. A national conference is held biennially for members of the state-based societies. The combined membership is around 9000 people.
This is a list of Australian plants which have had a common name prefixed with the adjective "native".. Early European settlers in Australia were confronted with a large variety of unaccustomed animals and plants, and in many cases gave them familiar names qualified with the adjective "native", based on some fancied resemblance, so what is now a koala was called a "native bear" and the dingo a ...
Pages in category "Lists of plants of Australia" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... List of Australian plants termed "native"
The Eastern Australian Native Flora contains plants from areas with a similar climate to Coffs Harbour. These are mostly from the north coast heathland, coastal areas of New South Wales and sections of Queensland with a climate similar to Coffs harbour.
A common plant, often seen growing in moist areas. In Australia it is found near by creeks or in open forest, where it may form a large colony. [6] The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia’ records that "This plant is said to possess medicinal properties, being slightly astringent and emetic.
Exocarpos cupressiformis is a tree belonging to the plant family Santalaceae. [1] Its common names include native cherry, cherry ballart, and cypress cherry. [2] It is a species endemic to Australia. Occasionally, the genus is spelled as "Exocarpus". [3] [4]
Eucalypt is any woody plant with capsule fruiting bodies belonging to one of seven closely related genera (of the tribe Eucalypteae) found across Australia: Eucalyptus, Corymbia, Angophora, Stockwellia, Allosyncarpia, Eucalyptopsis and Arillastrum. [1] In Australia, they are commonly known as gum trees or stringybarks. [2]