Mezoneuron scortechinii
F.Muell.
Fabaceae
Related to Caesalpinia subtropica[
].
Caesalpinia scortechinii (F.Muell.) Hattink
Mezoneuron traceyi Pedley
Common Name:
General Information
Mezoneuron scortechinii is a sprawling or climbing shrub with stems up to 7 metres long. The stems are usually prickly[
].
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)[
338- Title
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- Description
- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Australia - New South Wales and Queensland, north to Papua New Guinea.
Habitat
Margins of rainforests[
365- Title
- Flora of New South Wales
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm
- Publisher
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- Year
- 0
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- Description
- 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[
].
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Climber |
| Height | 5.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
A gum, known as 'Barister gum', is obtained from the tree[
46- 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.)[
46- 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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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
