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Sebaea ovata

Common name:	Yellow Centaury	Family:	Gentianaceae
Author:	(Labill.)R.Br.	Botanical references:	154, 200, 265
Synonyms:	Exacum ovatum (Labill.)
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	Australia - New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria. New Zealand.
Habitat:	Sandy soils[154] in pastures etc from the coastal lowlands to the montane zone[152]. Damp places in open forests[265].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	0	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	1

Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	ovata = oval
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Gentianales. Gentian family

Physical Characteristics

Annual growing to 0.2m. It is frost tender. It is in flower from July to August. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 0/5 for edibility and 1/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires moist soil.

Habitats and Possible Locations

Cultivated Beds.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

Tonic.

Tonic. Used in the treatment of dysentery[152].

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

Requires a warm sunny sheltered position in a well-drained soil[200].
Although not frost-hardy, this species can be grown as an annual, starting of the plants in a greenhouse and planting out after the last expected frosts.

Propagation

Seed - sow spring in a warm greenhouse. Prick out the seedlings when they are large enough to handle into individual pots and plant them out in late spring or early summer.

Suppliers

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Web References

[HP] Links, Photos, Suppliers from Hortiplex Plant Database

References for the family Gentianaceae.

[CHINA] 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

[152] Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Australian Medicinal Plants.
A very good and readable guide to the subject.

[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.

[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

[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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