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Useful Tropical Plants

Mezoneuron scortechinii

F.Muell.

Fabaceae


Related to Caesalpinia subtropica[
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Title
Flora of Australia
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http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/
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The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource.
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+ Synonyms

Caesalpinia scortechinii (F.Muell.) Hattink

Mezoneuron traceyi Pedley

Common Name:

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General Information

Mezoneuron scortechinii is a sprawling or climbing shrub with stems up to 7 metres long. The stems are usually prickly[
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Title
Flora of Australia
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http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/
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The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource.
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The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for its gum.
The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Title
Flora of Australia
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Website
http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/
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Description
The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource.

Range

Australia - New South Wales and Queensland, north to Papua New Guinea.

Habitat

Margins of rainforests[
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Flora of New South Wales
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http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm
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An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants.
]. Grows in black or red loam, sand or basaltic scree in vine thicket, on rainforest margins, in mixed eucalypt forest, on creek banks and on dunes in vine forest[
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Title
Flora of Australia
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource.
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Properties

Conservation StatusLeast Concern
Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitClimber
Height5.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details


Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

A gum, known as 'Barister gum', is obtained from the tree[
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Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
]. It resembles Cherry gum (from Prunus serotina) and Tragacanth (from Astragalus spp.)[
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Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
].

Propagation

Seed -
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