jitarna

Jitarna grows in many places, including the sand country. It is bush medicine. You can cut the bark and burn it till it's black, then scrape the black off. Your grind it fine and mix it up with hard fat. If you have scabies or burns, you rub it all over your body until it's black, or if you have gumboils you put it in your mouth on the gum. You can also mix it up with hard fat and put it around your mouth to make a fake moustache. The bark can also be boiled until it turns the water red. You can use this to wash sores, boils and skin rashes. The tree flowers from August to September. You can suck the flowers for nectar.