Pittosporaceae FAMILY

Bursaria spinosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bursaria spinosa is an erect, prickly evergreen shrub to small tree, usually growing 3 - 4 metres tall but occasionally reaching up to 10 metres[ 707 Title Florabank Fact Sheets Publication Author Website http://www.florabank.org.au/lucid/key/Species%20Navigator/Media/Html/index.htm#D Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line publication. At present their are 132 species in the list, giving lots of information on growing and using the plants, plus information on their climatic tolerances, distribution maps and photographs. ]. The bole is usually less than 20cm in diameter[ 707 Title Florabank Fact Sheets Publication Author Website http://www.florabank.org.au/lucid/key/Species%20Navigator/Media/Html/index.htm#D Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line publication. At present their are 132 species in the list, giving lots of information on growing and using the plants, plus information on their climatic tolerances, distribution maps and photographs. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. It is harvested on a commercial basis as a source of aesculin, which is used in medicine. It readily invades open areas and so can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland. The plant is also grown in gardens, where it can be used as a hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeAustralia - Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland

HabitatForests and open places, but avoiding arid areas[ 152 Title Australian Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Publisher New Holland Publishers Year 2001 ISBN 1876334703 Description A very good and readable guide to the subject. ], in loamy soils, stony hills and on riverbanks[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ], probably at its best near the coast[ 167 Title A Field Guide to Australian Trees. Publication Author Holliday. I. and Hill. R. Publisher Frederick Muller Ltd. Year 1974 ISBN 0-85179-627-3 Description A well illustrated and very readable book, but it does not contain much information for the plant project. ]. Dry to wet sclerophyll forest, often on non-siliceous soils; sometimes a weed on cleared land[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN 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. ].