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Rangiora, Bushman's toilet paper
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name: Rangiora, Bushman's toilet paper |
Botanical
name: Brachyglottis repanda |
| Family: Asteracea
(Daisy family) |
Maximum height: 7
metres |
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Where found:
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- Scrubs and forest margins
- Up to 750 metres
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| Description: |
- Shrub or small tree with spreading branches covered with soft
white hairs (tomentum)
- The leaves are large, up to 25cm x 20cm, membranous with dense
white tomentum below
- Flowers are prolific on large panicles in spring
- Leaves and flowers poisonous
- Leaves used in poultices to treat wounds and sores
- Preferred food of possums
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PHOTOS: Maggie Bayfield
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