1. Gooramurra

Eremophila bignoniiflora

NON-INDIGENOUS USE:

not known.

INDIGENOUS USE:

Fruits used as a purgative and leaves as a laxative.

DESCRIPTION:

Dense rounded small tree from 3 -7m with drooping branches. Grows on periodically flooded day areas along with coolabahs and lignum communities.

BARK:

Segmented into squares, dark grey in old trees and roughly fissured.

LEAVES:

Pale green, lanceolate to 18cm long.

FLOWERS:

Cream with purplish flecks inside, bell shaped with 5 broad rounded lobes, they occur on sticky stalks. Flowers mainly in spring. Readily eaten by sheep and cattle.