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Nitraria billardierei ( Inglês )

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Nitraria billardierei, commonly known as nitre bush or dillon bush,[2] is a perennial shrub native to Australia. It is often found in saline areas or other areas which have been disturbed. This species produces flowers predominantly in spring, with small ovoid or oblong fruit (drupe) that are purple, red or golden. The fruit are edible, said to taste like salty grapes. They were eaten, sometimes whole, including the stone, by indigenous Australians such as the Wemba-Wemba.[3] Fruit can also be made into jam or dried and stored. It is a broad and low shrub, up to 2 metres (7 ft) high and 4 m wide.[4]

Nitre bush is found across all mainland states of Australia. The plant's spread and germination in areas of heavy clay soil is assisted by the fruit's consumption by emus.[5]

References

  1. ^ Prodromus 1828 (mid Mar. 1828)
  2. ^ Wilson, K. L. "Nitraria billardierei DC". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
  3. ^ "Nitre Bush Seeds (10)". Outback Chef. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
  4. ^ Bagust, Phil; Tout-Smith, Lynda (2005). The Native Plants of Adelaide. Adelaide: Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 113. ISBN 0-646-44313-5.
  5. ^ Noble, James C. (November 1975). "The Effects of Emus (Dromaius Novaehollandiae Latham) on the Distribution of the Nitre Bush (Nitraria Billardieri DC.)". The Journal of Ecology. British Ecological Society. 63 (3): 979–984. doi:10.2307/2258615. JSTOR 2258615.

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Nitraria billardierei: Brief Summary ( Inglês )

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Nitraria billardierei, commonly known as nitre bush or dillon bush, is a perennial shrub native to Australia. It is often found in saline areas or other areas which have been disturbed. This species produces flowers predominantly in spring, with small ovoid or oblong fruit (drupe) that are purple, red or golden. The fruit are edible, said to taste like salty grapes. They were eaten, sometimes whole, including the stone, by indigenous Australians such as the Wemba-Wemba. Fruit can also be made into jam or dried and stored. It is a broad and low shrub, up to 2 metres (7 ft) high and 4 m wide.

Nitre bush is found across all mainland states of Australia. The plant's spread and germination in areas of heavy clay soil is assisted by the fruit's consumption by emus.

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Nitraria billardierei ( Latin )

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Nitraria billardierei (binomen ab Augustino Pyramo de Candolle anno 1828 statutum) est species generis Nitrariae, in regionibus salinis Australiae (territorio septentrionali excepto) sponte crescens. Frutex densa et spinosa altitudine 2 metris, latitudine usque ad 4 metra, bacas producit edules, sapore vinoso sed etiam salino, quae exsiccari possunt.

Nomen Anglicum dillon bush e lingua Wemba deducitur.[2]

Notae

  1. Prodromus (1828)
  2. Joan Hughes, ed., Australian Words and their Origins (Melburniae: Oxford University Press, 1989) s.v. "dillon bush"

Bibliographia

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Nitraria billardierei: Brief Summary ( Latin )

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Nitraria billardierei (binomen ab Augustino Pyramo de Candolle anno 1828 statutum) est species generis Nitrariae, in regionibus salinis Australiae (territorio septentrionali excepto) sponte crescens. Frutex densa et spinosa altitudine 2 metris, latitudine usque ad 4 metra, bacas producit edules, sapore vinoso sed etiam salino, quae exsiccari possunt.

Nomen Anglicum dillon bush e lingua Wemba deducitur.

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