asthma-herb, Queensland

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


Euphorbiapilulifera, Linn. As the name implies, a remedy for asthma.The herb is collected when in flower and carefully dried.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 183:

«This plant, having obtained some reputation in Australasia incertain pulmonary complaints, has acquired the appellation tothe Colonies of `Queensland Asthma Herb'. Nevertheless, it isby no means endemic in Australasia, for it is a common tropicalweed.»

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