- Acacia cuthbertsonii
Taxobox
name = "Acacia cuthbertsonii"
regnum =Plantae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Mimosoideae
genus = "Acacia "
species = "A. cuthbertsonii"
binomial = "Acacia cuthbertsonii"
binomial_authority =Luehm.
synonyms = "Acacia cuthbertsoni" Luehm. [ [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&genus~Acacia&species~%25r%25t%25o%25i* ILDIS] ]"Acacia cuthbertsonii" is a perennial shrub or tree native to
Australia . It grows 1–5 m tall with fissured, flaky bark. It grows in the central western part of Australia. [ [http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=163&level=s&id=3281 FloraBase] ]Uses
The plant is used as an
analgesic by the indigenous peoples of Australia. [ [http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/newslett/ncnl1020.htm Analgesic Plants] Australian New Crops Newsletter] More specifically, "A. cuthbertsonii" is also used to treatheadache s andtoothache s [ [http://www.bushfood.net/medicinals_full.htm Sydney Exotic Plants] ] by indigenous people of the Australian NT. The tree's wood is used to make splints to treat bone fractures. [ [http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=1320 ABRS Flora of Australia Online] ] Certain parts of the tree are used to make bandages. [ [http://www.nt.gov.au/health/comm_health/abhealth_strategy/Traditional Aboriginal Medicine - Japan Paper.pdf Traditional Aboriginal Medicine - Japan Paper] ]Subspecies
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Acacia cuthbertsonii subsp. cuthbertsonii
*Acacia cuthbertsonii subsp. linearis References
External links
* [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&gbv=1&q=%22Acacia+cuthbertsonii%27%27&btnG=Search+Images "Acacia cuthbertsonii" (Google Images)]
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