Digital Resources Details
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- Title
- Eucalyptus melliodora A.Cunn. ex Schauer (1843), Yellow Box
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Rights
- Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith
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People
- Cunningham, Allan (1791 - 1839)
- Ross, Andrew Hendry (1829 - 1910)
In 1864, Ross observed the use of the leaves of this tree as a wound healing agent. The wife of an Aboriginal with a gaping abdominal spear wound steeped the leaves in hot water and applied them to the wound several times a day. 'The wound closed in six days', wrote Ferdinand von Mueller in his 'Eucalyptographia' (v.Mueller, 1874, p.462)
- Schauer, Johann Conrad (1813 - 1848)