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17 hours ago, TheMooseZeus said:

Does anyone have any book suggestions for ID'ing native plans as edibles or medicinal? :lol:

The main book i go to is Wild food plants of australia by Tim Low, some others i have Bush tucker field guide by Les Hiddins, 

The weed forager's handbook by Adam Grubb & Annie Raser-Rowland,  Plants of central queensland by Eric Anderson,  Australian medicinal plants by E.V Lassak & T. McCarthy and of course the internet is very handy : )

 

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5 minutes ago, bardo said:

From what i have read myoporoides leaves where used as fish poison 

The wikipedia page on hopwoodii claims it would stun animals when laced in a watering hole... Seems interesting but im sceptical about the potency 

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17 hours ago, TheMooseZeus said:

The wikipedia page on hopwoodii claims it would stun animals when laced in a watering hole... Seems interesting but im sceptical about the potency 

I don't know but i wouldn't be surprised if it works for at least a short time, especially if you make a bit of a rock pool or in still water, they are strong alkaloids and as far as i know it has goodly amounts in it, D. Myoporoides x D. Leichhardtii has up to 7%

 I think a good sized bunch crushed a bit and added to the water as fish poison or to stun animals seems fairly plausible

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On 5 December 2014 at 5:06 PM, bullit said:

cool as I love my natives. this is a duboisia hybrid [ myoporoides x hopwoodii]

Does Duboisia hopwoodii have the same properties. It is fairly common where I am at. 

There is a Utube vid of it being harvested for a pharmaceutical company in Australia. 

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On 27 September 2018 at 7:53 PM, tarenna said:

Hey The Breeze 

 

Is that a Duboisia? 

 

On 27 September 2018 at 7:53 PM, tarenna said:

Hey The Breeze 

 

Is that a Duboisia? 

 

Duboisia Hopwoodie I think. Haven't been game to try it yet. I've dried it to tobacco and was going to crush a bit up with some baking soda to put behind my lip.

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Scaevola Spinescens. Five petal flower reaching out to give you a hand. Common names Maroon bush, Cancer plant , currant bush. I've had a tea from this plant many times and never had any reaction to it. Although illegal to sell in WA because it's poison aparrently but ok to sell cigarettes 

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18 hours ago, waterboy 2.0 said:

can't quite capture it, shakin like a Polaroid picture. Species eludes the Grey matter at the moment 

 

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Edit - so some may get me.. Lol

 

 

Caladenia sp... so hard to get good orchid and closeup flower shots..

 

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Blue flax lily, eaten many of these and are slightly sweet and tasty tho I have eaten from one clump that had a slight burning sensation so I am guessing the edibility is variable from plant to plant ?  

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On 14/10/2018 at 3:28 PM, bardo said:

The main book i go to is Wild food plants of australia by Tim Low, some others i have Bush tucker field guide by Les Hiddins, 

The weed forager's handbook by Adam Grubb & Annie Raser-Rowland,  Plants of central queensland by Eric Anderson,  Australian medicinal plants by E.V Lassak & T. McCarthy and of course the internet is very handy : )

 

Hi Bardo, are you still looking for Native edible books?, yeah I have a few Tim Low ones as well plus a few others.

 

I also have a copied to PDF version of Tim Low's out of print Wild Herbs of Australia and New Zealand and can send you that if you're interested. I copied it from a library years agoand then copied it to my computer to PDF. I had to make it in 2 sections because it was 2 big to email as one.

Another one by AB & JW Cribb called WIld Food in Australia os ok as well but dosent have much in the way of ikkustrations though. It is still good for general info, here's a link to one for sale:

https://gbeonline.com.au/product/useful-wild-plants-in-australia-by-a-b-j-w-cribb/

 

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