marnukuju
marnukuju
conkerberry; Carissa Lanceolata
Definition
Marnukuju grows on hills and claypans, and on the side of creeks. It is good to eat and is also bush medicine. You use the roots for sore ears and for sore teeth - you boil them up and the water goes blackish-red. For sore teeth, you gargle the water; it works like an anaesthetic and stops the pain. For the sore ears, you get a cloth and wet it with the water, and then squeeze it into your earns to stop the pain. Recording(s)
Source
R. Frank Narrurlu and A. Morrison Nangali; M. Jones Jampin et al, Anyinginyi marla Warumungu-ngara, Batchelor College, Alice Springs, 1997; and J. Nixon Nakkamarra and N. Nelson Nakkamarra Bush medicine and plants, Papulu Apparr-Kari Language Centre, Tenn
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