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Excoecaria parvifolia
Species of plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Excoecaria parvifolia is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland[1][2] It is also known as the guttapercha tree, although it is botanically unrelated to the Southeast Asian gutta-percha (Palaquium gutta).[3]
It was first described by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1864, from a specimen collected by Ferdinand von Mueller in Arnhem Land.[4][5]
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.[6]
It flowers in the early wet season with fruits appearing from January to April.[6]
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Indigenous names & uses
The Warumungu people of the Tennant Creek area know this tree as Manyingiila,[7] and use the smoke from burning the wood to keep away mosquitoes.[7]
Other Aboriginal language names are: Gurniny (Jaminjung, Ngaliwurru, Nungali), Yilili (MalakMalak, Matngala), Gilirr (Mangarrayi, Yangman).[6]
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