| Excoecaria parvifolia | |
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| in Bradshaw Field Training Area | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Excoecaria |
| Species: | E. parvifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Excoecaria parvifolia Müll.Arg. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Excoecaria agallocha var. muelleriana Baill. | |
Excoecaria parvifolia is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland
It was first described by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1864, from a specimen collected by Ferdinand von Mueller in Arnhem Land.
It is found across northern Australia, from northern Western Australia, the north of the Northern Territory, to northern Queensland, growing on seasonally waterlogged clay flats, and occasionally on semi-saline soils.
It flowers in the early wet season with fruits appearing from January to April.
Indigenous names & uses
The Warumungu people of the Tennant Creek area know this tree as Manyingiila, and use the smoke from burning the wood to keep away mosquitoes.
Other Aboriginal language names are: Gurniny (Jaminjung, Ngaliwurru, Nungali), Yilili (MalakMalak, Matngala), Gilirr (Mangarrayi, Yangman).
References
- ^ "Excoecaria parvifolia Müll.Arg. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Excoecaria parvifolia Müll.Arg". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- "Excoecaria parvifolia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- 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.
- ^ "Excoecaria parvifolia". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ 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.
External links
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