Humm, no one talked about heating them up in water, and then eating them, as
is done with the American and European varieties of this family, though they
did mention that for the English version.
IN fact, an old English remedy to get a person circulation going, is to rub
nettle leaves all over them....and you Aussies have the ultimate circulation
improver!
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Marc Lawrence
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:37 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Public Service Anouncement
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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