Excoecaria parvifolia

Excoecaria parvifolia
in Bradshaw Field Training Area
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Excoecaria
Species:
E. parvifolia
Binomial name
Excoecaria parvifolia
Synonyms[1]

Excoecaria agallocha var. muelleriana Baill.

Excoecaria parvifolia is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland[1][2]

It was first described by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1864, from a specimen collected by Ferdinand von Mueller in Arnhem Land.[3][4]

It is found across northern Australia, from northern Western Australia, the north of the Northern Territory, to northern Queensland,[2] growing on seasonally waterlogged clay flats, and occasionally on semi-saline soils.[5]

It flowers in the early wet season with fruits appearing from January to April.[5]

Indigenous names & uses

The Warumungu people of the Tennant Creek area know this tree as Manyingiila,[6] and use the smoke from burning the wood to keep away mosquitoes.[6]

Other Aboriginal language names are: Gurniny (Jaminjung, Ngaliwurru, Nungali), Yilili (MalakMalak, Matngala), Gilirr (Mangarrayi, Yangman).[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Excoecaria parvifolia Müll.Arg. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  2. ^ a b "Excoecaria parvifolia Müll.Arg". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  3. ^ "Excoecaria parvifolia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. ^ Müller Argoviensis, J. (3 September 1864). "Neue Euphorbiaceen des Herbarium Hooker in Kew, auszugsweise vorläufig mitgetheilt aus dem manuscript für De Candolle's Prodromus". Flora: Oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung. 47 (28): 433.
  5. ^ a b c "Excoecaria parvifolia". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  6. ^ a b Michael Jampin Jones; Sandra Nangali Morrison; Ronald Jungarrayi Morrison; et al. (2022). Warumungu Plants and Animals. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-74350-317-1. Wikidata Q130753534.