Rhamnaceae FAMILY

Ventilago viminalis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Supplejack is an evergreen shrub growing 4 - 5 metres tall, or a small tree reaching 5 - 10 metres[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The bole can be 15 - 30cm in diameter[ 601 Title The Useful Native Plants of Australia. Publication Author Maiden J.H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Turner & Co.; London. Year 1889 ISBN Description Terse details of the uses of many Australian plants and other species naturalised, or at least growing, in Australia. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for its edible gum, medicinal uses and for fuel.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia.

HabitatSemi-arid inland areas within the latitudinal range 16 - 32°S at elevations between sea level and 650 metres[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. Usually found as scattered individuals in eucalypt communities, from heavy clay soils on flood plains to sandy soils[ 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. ].