Excoecaria parvifolia

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

Excoecaria parvifolia
in Bradshaw Field Training Area
Scientific classification
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[1]
Excoecaria agallocha var. muelleriana Baill.

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]