Exocarpos aphyllus

Exocarpos aphyllus (common name leafless ballart)[3] belongs to the sandalwood plant family (Santalaceae).[1] Noongar names are chuk, chukk, dtulya and merrin.[4] It is a species endemic to Australia.

Exocarpos aphyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Exocarpos
Species:
E. aphyllus
Binomial name
Exocarpos aphyllus
Occurrence data from AVH

Uses

Noongar (south-west Western Australian Indigenous Australians) boiled the stems in water to make decoctions for internal use to treat colds, and externally to treat sores. The mixture was also used to make poultices to be applied to the chest to treat "wasting diseases".[4]

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References
  1. "Exocarpos aphyllus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 357. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. Wiecek, C. (1992) New South Wales Flora online: Exocarpus aphyllus. National Herbarium of NSW, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. Hansen, V. & Horsfall, J. (2016) "Noongar Bush Medicine Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western Australia" pp.101-102, UWA Publishing, Crawley, WA. ISBN 9781742589060


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