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<td valign="top" width="50%">In the ethnobotany of the Aborigines, plants of the
genus Goodenia enjoy a certain reputation as
healing and food plants as well as pituri or pituri
substitutes (O'Connell et al. 1983, 109). The
Goodeniaceae are well represented in Australia. In
addition to the genus that gave the family its name, Scaevola taccada (pipe tree) is especially
important. This bushy shrub is a typical coastal
plant that grows in sandy soil. The Aborigines use
the juice of the fruits as an eye remedy and as an
antidote for animal stings and bites. The ends of
the branches are hollow; they are used as pipes for
smoking pituri (Wightman and Mills 1991, 46 f.).
In the language of the Alyawara, Goodenia
lunata J.M. Black is called ngkulpa ankirriyngka.
The Alyawara mix the dried leaves with plant ashes
(primarily from Ventilago viminalis Hook.;
Rhamnaceae) and chew the result. They place it in
the same folk taxonomic category as wild tobacco
(Nicotiana spp.) (O'Connell et al. 1983, 109).
Macerations of the fresh leaves are used in a
manner similar to those made from wild tobacco,
namely for poisoning the watering holes of the
emu (98). When smoked or chewed, the leaves of
Goodenia lunata appear to have mild psychoactive
effects.</td>
<td valign="top" width="53%"><strong>Literature
</strong>Wightman, Glenn, and Milton Andrews. 1991. Bush
Tucker Identikit: Common native food plants of
Australia's top end. Darwin: Conservation
Commission of the Northern Territory.</td>
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