Marsdenia Australis
''Marsdenia australis'', commonly known as the bush banana, silky pear or green vine is an Australian native plant. It is found in Central Australia and throughout Western Australia. It is a bush tucker food used by Indigenous Australians.Peter Kenneth Latz, Jenny Green, "Bushfires & Bushtucker: Aboriginal Plant Use in Central Australia", IAD Press, 1995, ''M. australis'' has many different names in Aboriginal languages. In the Arrernte language of Central Australia; ''merne alangkwe'' (older transcription: ''elonka''), ''merne ulkantyerrknge'' (the flowers) and ''merne altyeye'' (the prefix ''merne'' signifies plant food). In Karrajari, Nyulnyul and Yawuru it is called Magabala'''. The Walmajarri people call it ''Kurlipi''. The small fruits are called ''amwerterrpe''. Kalgoorlie and Karlkurla (one of its suburbs) both take their names from a Wangai Wangkatha, otherwise written Wongatha, Wongutha, Wankatja, Wongi or Wangai, is a language and the identity of eight Aborig ...
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Robert Brown (botanist, Born 1773)
Robert Brown (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming; the observation of Brownian motion; early work on plant pollination and fertilisation, including being the first to recognise the fundamental difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms; and some of the earliest studies in palynology. He also made numerous contributions to plant taxonomy, notably erecting a number of plant families that are still accepted today; and numerous Australian plant genera and species, the fruit of his exploration of that continent with Matthew Flinders. Early life Robert Brown was born in Montrose on 21 December 1773, in a house that existed on the site where Montrose Library currently stands. He was the son of James Brown, a minister in the ...
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