Flora of Oceania & Pacific Margins
Deadly, stinging, and culturally pivotal plants native to Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesian archipelagos.
Inside this collection
Dendrocnide & The Gympie-Gympie
Australian stinging trees, hollow silica needle mechanics, heat-stable moroidin toxins, and persistent severe cutaneous pain.
Cerbera odollam
The suicide tree of Indo-Pacific estuaries, cerberin cardiac glycosides, fibrous protective husks, and forensic records.
Macrozamia & Cycad Toxins
Australian cycad cones, macroscopic fronds, macrozamin neurotoxins, and traditional Indigenous leaching and roasting procedures.
Strychnos lucida
Northern Australian native strychnine bush, drought-adapted foliage, traditional analgesic bark decoctions, and alkaloid assays.
Barringtonia & Fish-Poison Trees
Fish poison tree of Indo-Pacific beaches, buoyant box-shaped fruits, saponin-rich kernel pulping, and tidal reef harvesting.
Duboisia hopwoodii
The true pituri bush of the arid Australian interior, nicotine and nornicotine profiles, and customary desert trade networks.
Excoecaria agallocha
Blind-your-eye mangrove, blinding milky diterpene latex, estuarine adaptations, and Pacific traditional poison warnings.
Corynocarpus laevigatus
New Zealand karaka trees, karakin nitro compounds, and Māori thermal pit detoxification methods for winter seed preservation.
A darker leaf.
A closer look.
We trace the line between botanical evidence, historical remedies and plant lore. A beautiful specimen deserves a careful reading.
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