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Alyxia
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Posted 19 July 2002 - 09:24 AM
Does anyone know the germination prep for this man of heat from the depth of the ages to the dawn of the mankey virus?
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Posted 13 January 2006 - 06:06 PM
did you ever work out a germination prep for this?
I'm trying to grow some alyxia buxifolia from seed at the moment. nothing happening yet.
Has anybody learned much about these plants?
There's nothing much on the net. All I can find in books is that buxifolia was called dysentery bush and was once used as a hops substitute. In 'Plants for Medicines' it rated 0.05% alkaloid in leaf and stem. They have an interesting smell in summer and the red berries, white sap and twisted flowers seem to say something.
I haven't found them growing in large numbers, just a few in a reserve. It's a special aboriginal women's place so I can't really justify taking anything but a few seeds. I wonder if the root bark has ever had any medicinal or religious use.
I'm trying to grow some alyxia buxifolia from seed at the moment. nothing happening yet.
Has anybody learned much about these plants?
There's nothing much on the net. All I can find in books is that buxifolia was called dysentery bush and was once used as a hops substitute. In 'Plants for Medicines' it rated 0.05% alkaloid in leaf and stem. They have an interesting smell in summer and the red berries, white sap and twisted flowers seem to say something.
I haven't found them growing in large numbers, just a few in a reserve. It's a special aboriginal women's place so I can't really justify taking anything but a few seeds. I wonder if the root bark has ever had any medicinal or religious use.
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Posted 18 January 2006 - 02:52 PM
They either need a treatment or just take a hell of a long time 
I never had luck but think you may have to crack the hard shell inside the fruit.
I never had luck but think you may have to crack the hard shell inside the fruit.
VINEGAR "Nature's secret Weapon"
You'll find vinegar in just about every kitchen in the country - but most of us only ever use it on fish and chips or as a salad dressing. Did you know there are hundreds of other uses for vinegar around the home and as a traditional remedy. If you thought vinegar was just for salad dressing... then you're in for a big surprise!
You'll find vinegar in just about every kitchen in the country - but most of us only ever use it on fish and chips or as a salad dressing. Did you know there are hundreds of other uses for vinegar around the home and as a traditional remedy. If you thought vinegar was just for salad dressing... then you're in for a big surprise!
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Posted 10 February 2006 - 06:32 PM
Still no sign of germination. Here's some pictures in case anybody is wondering what this plant is:
alyxiaberries.jpg (129.53K)
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alyxiaflowers.jpg (135.87K)
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I've tried soaking, cracking, heating, etc... maybe they need to pass through an animal? I recently found this vomit (see below) on the edge of a salt lake at yalgorup
it looks like a combination of alyxia seeds and hibbertia calyxes even though it was a few kilometres from either of those plants. Like a large animal gorged itself, travelled a while and then threw up. What can it mean? Is alyxia toxic? Are there any vomitomancers on this forum? Has anybody ever noticed animals eating alyxia berries?
alyxiaseeds.jpg (61.72K)
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alyxiaberries.jpg (129.53K)
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alyxiaflowers.jpg (135.87K)
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I've tried soaking, cracking, heating, etc... maybe they need to pass through an animal? I recently found this vomit (see below) on the edge of a salt lake at yalgorup
it looks like a combination of alyxia seeds and hibbertia calyxes even though it was a few kilometres from either of those plants. Like a large animal gorged itself, travelled a while and then threw up. What can it mean? Is alyxia toxic? Are there any vomitomancers on this forum? Has anybody ever noticed animals eating alyxia berries?
alyxiaseeds.jpg (61.72K)
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poo.jpg (390.03K)
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Posted 11 February 2006 - 12:03 AM
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wouldnt it be amazing if this was the vector
a symbiosis wherby animals self medicate for stomach parasites with alyxias toxins
and the acids break dormancy and leave alyxia treated and fertilised in a heap of steaming chuck to germinate
wouldnt it be amazing if this was the vector
a symbiosis wherby animals self medicate for stomach parasites with alyxias toxins
and the acids break dormancy and leave alyxia treated and fertilised in a heap of steaming chuck to germinate
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Posted 15 February 2006 - 05:43 PM
stupidly I didn't think to take any of the vomit home with me. I'll have to make my own
...from cribb and cribb (wild medicine in australia): "this plant has been well known in western australia as a bush cure for dysentery, and has been investigated for other medicinal uses. In the latter part of the nineteenth century it was patented in nsw as a source of austral marine bitters". The annoying thing with this book is there's no footnotes. the impression i get is that the word "bitters" indicated a medicinal tonic rather than a recreational drink? - although colonial medicines were often highly alcoholic (I read about a popular remedy for alcoholism that had alcohol as the main ingredient :saufen2:). another name for buxifolia was hop bush, so maybe the marine bitters was a kind of remote coastal beer? judging by the character of the plant it would have proabably made a sweet smelling but bitter tasting brew. with all the diarrhea and parasites that plagued europeans in those days it may have seemed like a good idea...
but how common is it for plants to have simultaneously emetic and astringent actions? wouldn't australia's pharmacopia be more about astringents than emetics - given the need to conserve water?
...from cribb and cribb (wild medicine in australia): "this plant has been well known in western australia as a bush cure for dysentery, and has been investigated for other medicinal uses. In the latter part of the nineteenth century it was patented in nsw as a source of austral marine bitters". The annoying thing with this book is there's no footnotes. the impression i get is that the word "bitters" indicated a medicinal tonic rather than a recreational drink? - although colonial medicines were often highly alcoholic (I read about a popular remedy for alcoholism that had alcohol as the main ingredient :saufen2:). another name for buxifolia was hop bush, so maybe the marine bitters was a kind of remote coastal beer? judging by the character of the plant it would have proabably made a sweet smelling but bitter tasting brew. with all the diarrhea and parasites that plagued europeans in those days it may have seemed like a good idea...
but how common is it for plants to have simultaneously emetic and astringent actions? wouldn't australia's pharmacopia be more about astringents than emetics - given the need to conserve water?
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Posted 15 February 2006 - 11:23 PM
Dunno about natives but plants like Adiantum aethiopicum and Primula vulgaris are both emetic and astringent.
From my understanding astringents were easy to obtain from native aussie flora from the bark of Eucalyptus and other high tannin barks. Does too much tannin cause emesis, like maybe M. hostilis rootbark?
From my understanding astringents were easy to obtain from native aussie flora from the bark of Eucalyptus and other high tannin barks. Does too much tannin cause emesis, like maybe M. hostilis rootbark?
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Posted 30 January 2007 - 07:11 AM
They can take in excess of a year to germinate. I have had the lowland variety germinate within 6 months though.
A friend collected some of the highland variety about 11 months ago - they germinated en-masse over the last couple of weeks.
A friend collected some of the highland variety about 11 months ago - they germinated en-masse over the last couple of weeks.
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