Duboisia leichhardtii
Duboisia leichhardtii
Safety & Hazards
The plant is reported to be toxic to cattle, horses and humans. The plant has been used to poison fish[ 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description 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. ]. An infusion of the leaves is toxic to rats, dogs, cats, and frogs and, in larger quantities, to humans[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].
Botanical Description
Duboisia leichhardtii is a tall shrub or small tree growing up to 12 metres tall. An important source of tropane alkaloids, it is cultivated on a plantation-scale in Australia and Japan for the industrial-scale extraction of alkaloids[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Taken into culture together with Duboisia myoporoides; most tropane alkaloid production is from these two species and their hybrids[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].