hielaman-tree

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

n.


another name for the Bats-wing Coral (q.v.), Erythrina vespertilio,Benth., N.O. Leguminosae.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 426:

«`Heilaman [sic] tree.' The wood is soft, and used bythe aborigines for making their `heilamans' or shields.»

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