puṉu ngangkaṟi

medicinal plants

ilykuwara
witchetty bush (Acacia kempeana)

id:9938 order:493

Waṉkangku aṉangu puunnyangka ilykuwara parka waṟungka witaṟa tjunkupai.
When a caterpillar nest (droppings) get onto a person’s skin he takes some witchetty bush leaves heats them over a fire and puts them (on the itches).
papawitilpa
kaḻpil-kaḻpilpa
medicinal melon (Mukia maderaspatana)

id:9939 order:494

Aṉangu waṟuringkunyangka papawitilpa nyaḻpi runyuṟa nyitilpai.
When a person get’s fever he mashes some medicinal melon leaves and rubs them on himself.
parkilypa
parakeelya (Calandrinia balonensis)

id:9940 order:496

Ailuru puḻkangka aṉangungku parkilypa tjulkuṟa tjikilpai mina wiyangka.
When it’s very dry and there’s no water (around) a person squeezes a parakeelya plant and drinks the liquid.
aratja
hill fuchsia (Eremophila freelingii)

id:9933 order:487

Aratja nyaḻpiya rungkaṟa kapingka kutjalpai munu tairakaṟa pika nyitilpai.
They used to grind the leaf of the hill fuchsia, boil it in water and, dipping it out, rub it on sores.
mangka-mangka
caustic weed, milk weed, matspurge (Euphorbia drummondii)

id:9934 order:488

Mangka-mangka wankaya pikangka tjulkulpai ipi puṟunypa, ka palyaringkupai.
They used to squeeze the milk like substance out of fresh milk weed onto a sore and it would heal.
ilintji
native lemon grass, scented oil grass (Cymbopogon ambiguus)

id:9935 order:489

Aṉangu ngaalytjarangku ilintji rungkaṟa kapingka tjunkula wari tjikilpai.
A person who has congestion grinds native lemon grass, puts it in water and drinks it cold (in order to relieve it).