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CSIRO going public with their publications They may not know everything, but 80 years of research certainly gives them some insight. Last week they made live the Research Publications Repository. It gives the public access to CSIRO journal articles, conference papers, books and reports. https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/home?execution=e2s1

This is not a thread for debate however I am supporting the DO NOT IMPORT any controlled substance (or mixture containing) as defined in state or federal law. Perhaps readers of the constitution might also like to peruse the Australia Act 1986 - 'enacted by the Queen'

Without a scientific name, the quinine tree is said to only grow where AU abounds and was used for its vitamin content in settlement days (FNQ)

Just a teenager when I first heard of Adrian, lucky enough to meet him at the first RSF I went to. Spent a good portion of it at the Earthpod stall shooting the breeze with such a beautiful soul. His generosity was beyond belief. Stayed in touch for at least a few years and lost contact when I left the state. I trust wherever he is that he has finally attained peace. Many stories of adventures we had come to mind however they are probably best left to the imagination. P.S Couldn't make it to the meet today due to distance and having to attend another funeral

back when the compounds were legal i found sage to work quite well, very cheap too. also nymphaea petals were great

mentioned as an Australian indigenous analgesic , no successful reports of tryp's, seeds contain an interesting spermicide see thread Tropical Acacia's Auriculiformis & Magnium

a friend in a colder bit of the ath tablelands has no troubles. also heard vague reports of successful cultivation by the chinese during the palmer river gold rush. personally no luck past germination though very little effort was applied.

friend showed me an interesting use for the resin recently, he dissolved it in metho which he then applied with a paintbrush to the rust holes on his car, he then put down a small amount of fiberglass which he 'painted' over. after drying no more hole. also painted onto smaller rust outbreaks without the use of fiberglass to prevent spreading. he is of the opinion that it is about as good as rust converter. *edit - enquired again and turns out in his enthusiasm he forgot to mention that he is only in the testing phase, didn't mean to get anyone's hopes up

auriculiformis has been mentioned as an indigenous analgesic though it looks like it has a new medicinal use. full text - http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080300197

great to see this thread, pigra/invisa has been on the brain lately. recently informed by friend that precambium root bark from older specimens could be smoked as is - totally unconfirmed another mate mentioned one in tropical rainforest that would be described as a medium sized tree which they couldn't get rid of with a backhoe on pudica was feeling adventurous last year some time and chewed a decent tap root (2yrs+), sedation/sleep quickly followed. when the experiment was repeated with a smaller specimen no effects were felt. bioassay's stopped when it was discovered that mimosine had been attributed to hair loss in animals and humans. **EDIT "The Hmong believe that a spirit, having entered the body of a person and caused shock or fainting, must be exorcised. To do this, they boil the roots of the sensitive plant, Mimosa Pudica, and have the victim drink the liquid. The stems of this plant are also placed in a small bag and hung around the victim's neck as an amulet for protection. A brank of the tse ma mo tree (Antidersma sootepense) is used by the doorway in their exorcism event." p173. Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand - Edward F. Anderson 1993

The search is over, I mentioned it at the pub yesterday and someone said they'd be happy to get me a seed through his connections with National Parks. He did say viability could be a problem. Also informed me that musk rats eat the seed after months when the poisons have dissipated and its common name idiot fruit stems from the fact that just about everything that eats it dies.

Firstly thank you for clearing up the legality of seed collection in National Parks, it was not my intention break the law hence why I asked. I spoke to a friend about permit availability in the Daintree and apparently they became very tight years ago. I thought it was clear (~post 4) I came to the conclusion that it is poisonous and more poisonous, not psychoactive. It did come to my attention while crawling around csiro databases for its uncommon alkaloids however my interest remained due to the idea that it is the worlds oldest flowering plant and close to extinction. I guess yours is a pretty fair comment made out of concern. Indeed it may be shallow of me to want one of these plants, I'd like to think it was for its conservation and its historic nature but deep down it could just be the rarity. I would be much happier to buy a plant/seed than disturb its ecosystem however I assumed this would be quite a task, perhaps I should have asked about purchasing first? As a last option how about collection from private land? Thank you for your help,

Did a bit of self-diagnosis the other day, turns out the problem is dragabinsanity. A condition caused by the unfulfilled search for any information about dragibus.

Fantastic! I will be headed over the river as soon as I have some free time. Did you have help locating it? Is it possible to collect seed? Does anyone know if it is legal collecting seeds from national park or if a permit is involved? I heard there was an issue with foxtail palm seed collection in the Daintree.

well after managing to get a look at a real copy of Poisonous Plants and Related Toxins this plant spends a lot of energy on defense, the alkaloids are neurotoxic while the sappins and terpenes don't make it any more appealing. It speculates the alkaloids and the Cyanogenic Glycosides might even 'potentiate' each other to make a deadlier combination. It concludes this may be why this is the oldest flowering plant species, at up to 120 million years old. Will still see if I can track one down. Seem to be rare and unique plant to add to the collection.