Common Name: Corkwood
Botanical Name: Duboisia myoporoides; Family, Solonaceae
Other Names: Poison Corkwood, Eyeopening Tree, Soft Corkwood, Eye Plant, Elm, Yelow Basswood, Duboisia
Distribution: Australian Native. Cape York Pen. to SE NSW. At rainforest margins and clearings.
Field Notes: Shrub/tree to 24m. Leaves 4 to 12cm long, 1 to 2.5 cm wide.
Bark rough, furrowed and corky.
Flowers, white small in clusters. Fruit purple/black berries 6 to 8mm dia.
Can form hybrids with other Dubosia spp.
Uses: Leaves are a commercial source of useful alkaloides including hyoscine. Used in motion sickness medication and in optometry.
Alkaloid content varies with geographic location.
Pituri is prepared from the related D.hopwoodii.i
Warning avoid contact with or consumption of this plant.




Botanical Name: Duboisia myoporoides; Family, Solonaceae
Other Names: Poison Corkwood, Eyeopening Tree, Soft Corkwood, Eye Plant, Elm, Yelow Basswood, Duboisia
Distribution: Australian Native. Cape York Pen. to SE NSW. At rainforest margins and clearings.
Field Notes: Shrub/tree to 24m. Leaves 4 to 12cm long, 1 to 2.5 cm wide.
Bark rough, furrowed and corky.
Flowers, white small in clusters. Fruit purple/black berries 6 to 8mm dia.
Can form hybrids with other Dubosia spp.
Uses: Leaves are a commercial source of useful alkaloides including hyoscine. Used in motion sickness medication and in optometry.
Alkaloid content varies with geographic location.
Pituri is prepared from the related D.hopwoodii.i
Warning avoid contact with or consumption of this plant.




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