Andrew Fildes wrote:
> STINGING Nettle Tree or Gympie Gympie (or - "Aaaarrrrgggghhh! what
> the f*** was THAT?!) - Dendrocnide spp.
> <http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=EC105p18.pdf>
> A killer.
> No-one is insensitive to this.
When I was a kid, it was just called, in the pretty plain but succinct
way of such things as some common names, the Giant Stinging Tree. I ran
into some in the Bunya Mountains National Park while on a school camping
trip. It hurt like buggery. (Quiet, Andrew)
There's a rumour the crushed leaves of the Cunjevoi (a bit like an
Elephant Ear), which grow in the same areas as the Giant Stinging Tree,
will cure the sting, but I suspect this is just the "cooling" effect of
the sap, like aloe vera. Regardless, we were in a National Park and the
teachers were hardly going to let me rip leaves off trees. They just
tried to rub the tree's stinging "hairs" out with a plastic scourer and
then used calamine lotion.
Cheers,
Marc
Noosa Heads, Oz
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