Eremophila sturtii
R.Br.
Scrophulariaceae
Common Name: Turpentine Bush
General Information
Eremophila sturtii is a resinous, multistemmed shrub growing up to 3 metres tall. The plant sometimes eventually forms a trunk with coarse, deeply fissured bark[
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.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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.
Range
Australia - South Australia, southern Northern Territory, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland
Habitat
Usually grows in mallee, Mulga and Bimble Box communities on sandy and loamy red earths[
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.
].
Properties
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
Eremophila sturtii R. Br. has been used by Australian Aboriginal people to treat skin infections, diarrhoea, respiratory infections, sore eyes and general illness[
1462- Title
- An Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants of the Kamilaroi and Muruwari Aboriginal Communities in Northern N
- Publication
- A Thesis submitted at Macquarie University
- Author
- Qian Liu
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN
-
- Description
- In particular it looks at Ethnopharacological information on the genera Eremurus and Exocarpus. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Biological investigations of the extracts and fractions of E. sturtii revealed they had antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities[
1462- Title
- An Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants of the Kamilaroi and Muruwari Aboriginal Communities in Northern N
- Publication
- A Thesis submitted at Macquarie University
- Author
- Qian Liu
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN
-
- Description
- In particular it looks at Ethnopharacological information on the genera Eremurus and Exocarpus. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
If you have any useful information about this plant, please leave a comment. Comments have to be approved before they are shown here.
Useful Temperate Plants Database 2016 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
