Scientific Name: Duboisia myoporoides

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  • Pronunciation:
    doo−BOY−zee−a my-oh-por-OID-ees
  • Common Name:
    Corkwood
  • Type:
    Shrub or Small Tree
  • Family:
    SOLANACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    White, spring
  • Fruit:
    round berry to 8 mm
  • Flowers Color:
    White
  • Fruit Color:
    Black
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest, Wet Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP service road, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Upper Yandina Creek, TAFE, Noosa North Shore PS, Stratford Park, NNS,
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush Medicine: Leaves harvested commercially for extraction of medicinal drugs - Scopolamine (Hyoscine).

Identification Notes

Flowers white to pale lilac, tubular, 5 petals in terminal panicles; branchlets purplish; leaves soft; midrib purplish and raised