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Ventilago viminalis by Fagg, M., 07/11/2010 (© Fagg, M.)

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Names

Language                                                            Name

 

Gamilaraay/Gamilaroi/Kamilaroi                

Yuwaalaraay:                                                   Ganayanay

Yuwaalayaay:                                                  Ganayanay

 

Common name:                                              Supplejack

Scientific name:                                              Ventilago viminalis

 

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Language Meaning

gana = liver

yanay = go or walk

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How does it Look - Feel - Smell - Taste?

 

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE

Tall tree 10 metres high with drooping branches.

Flowers are yellowish-green. Grows a small nut. The nut turns from green to brown.

 

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE

 

 

 

WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE

 

 

 

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Food, Medicine and Other Uses

 

FOOD/MEDICINE

Used for medicine. 

Bark is crushed and soaked in water to make a healing lotion for sores

 

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Where Is It Found?

 

WHERE IS IT FOUND?

Found in the western and central areas of the Border Rivers and Gwydir catchment. 

Grows on various soils.

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What Is Its Character?

 

WHAT IS IT’S CHARACTER

Tree grows to 10 metres high with drooping branches.

Flowers are yellowish-green. Grows a small nut. The nut turns from green to brown. 

Ash mixed with biyaga (native tobacco) to make chewing tobacco.

Need to be cut back after seeding to encourage new growth

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Connection to Season

 

CONNECTION TO SEASON

 

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Connection to People

 

CONNECTION TO PEOPLE

Used to rub together to create sparks to start fire.

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Connection to Country

 

CONNECTION TO COUNTRY

 

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Connection to Other Plants/Animals

 

CONNECTION TO OTHER PLANTS/ANIMALS

Grown in eucalypt communities. Young kangaroos love these leaves

 

 

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Management

 

MANAGEMENT

It is an endangered species

Need to be cut back after seeding to encourage new growth

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  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Rosanae
  • Order: Rosales
  • Family: Rhamnaceae
  • Genus: Ventilago
  • Species: Ventilago viminalis

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© Kamilaroi Plant and Animal Encyclopaedia
Last updated: Unknown; Feb 29, 2024 12:43 Status: Partial

Author - Bernadette Duncan

Ashby, R., Duncan, B., Raisbeck-Brown, N. Kamilaroi Plants and Animals. (2024).Ganayanay. Garragal Project, Boggabilla, New South Wales, Australia. [Date accessed: <insert date in day month year format>] https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/kamilaroi