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Emex australis

Common name:	Doublegee	Family:	Polygonaceae
Author:	Steinh.	Botanical references:	154, 265
Synonyms:
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	S. Africa. Introduced and naturalized in all mainland states of Australia.
Habitat:	Found in many habitats, especially grass plains[154]. A weed of waste ground and pastures[265].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	1	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	1

Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Southern Threecorner-jack [B], Southern Threecornerjack [P],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	australis = southern
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Polygonales. Buckwheat family
Noxious, Invasive and Injurious Weeds	From USDA PLANTS database, Weeds Australia , DEFRA Injurious Weeds
	Listed as noxious/invasive for: Whole USA, Florida, North Carolina, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmaina, Queensland, Northen Territory (Aust), USA Noxious.

Physical Characteristics

Annual growing to 0.1m by 0.5m . . The flowers are monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant). We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 1/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil.

Edible Uses

Young leaves cooked[144, 177]. The leaves contain oxalates and are laxative in large quantities[144, 177].

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

When eaten in quantity, the leaves have a laxative effect upon the body[144, 177].

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

None known

Propagation

Seed -

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Web References

[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[C] Taxon data. from the CalFlora database.
[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

References for the family Polygonaceae.

[CHINA] Draft Data Very detailed botanical/identification info. from the Flora of China.

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[144] Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976 ISBN 0-00-634436-4
A very good pocket guide.

[154] Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project.

[177] Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984 ISBN 3874292169
An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.

[265] Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Flora of the Sydney Region Reed. Australia. 1993 ISBN 0730104001
Concise flora with little beyond an extensive key, species descriptions, very brief habitat description.

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