Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Santalales > Santalaceae > Exocarpos > Exocarpos latifoliusExocarpos latifolius (native cherry)Synonyms: Canopus luzonensis (homotypic); Exocarpos floribundus; Exocarpos luzonensis; Exocarpos miniatus; Exocarpos ovatus; Exocarpus floribunda; Sarcocalyx miniatus; Xylophyllos latifolius (homotypic) Exocarpos latifolius is a species of parasitic trees, of the plant family Santalaceae. They have the common names Broad Leaved Ballart, Scrub Sandal-wood, Scrub Cherry, Oringorin, Broad Leaved Cherry or Native Cherry. The species is found in monsoon forest, littoral rainforest and occasionally in more open forest types in Malesia and across Northern Australia. The tree was used for many purposes by Aboriginal Australians.The bark was used as a contraceptive. The leaves were burned to repel insects and leaves used in a solution to treat sores. |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 ♦ 2The diet of the brush-tailed rabbit-rat (Conilurus penicillatus) from the monsoonal tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia, Ronald S. C. Firth, Elizabeth Jefferys, John C. Z. Woinarski and Richard A. Noske, Wildlife Research, 2005, 32, 517523 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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