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Duboisia leichhardtii
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Duboisia leichhardtii

Duboisia leichhardtii

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is reported to be toxic to cattle, horses and humans. The plant has been used to poison fish[1]. An infusion of the leaves is toxic to rats, dogs, cats, and frogs and, in larger quantities, to humans[2].

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

Occurs naturally mainly in the subtropics, only just extending into tropical areas. A hybrid between D. leichhardtii and D. myoporoides also yields tropane alkaloids and is cultivated commercially for hyoscine production.

Propagation

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe, it germinates freely if removed from the flesh of the fruit[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Duboisia+leichhardtii>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 — Nicholson N. & H. · Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. · 2007 · ISBN 9-78095894-3628 ↩︎Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph.
  2. [2]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
  3. [3]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
  4. [4]Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses. — Bown. D. · Dorling Kindersley, London. · 1995 · ISBN 0-7513-020-31 ↩︎A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant.
  5. [5]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎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.