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Vernacular Names. —Perhaps most commonly called “Rosewood” in the 
west, but it should have the prefix “Western,” to avoid confusion with the well- 
known Rosewood of the coast. It is sometimes called “ Emu Bush,” owing to emus 
feeding upon the seeds ; Dogwood.—(P. Corbett.) 
Aboriginal Names. —“ Jiggo ” of those of the Murrumbidgee, and 
“ Berrigan ” (of which “ Behreging ” is an old spelling).—(Kidston.) “ Mindra ” 
of some South Australian aborigines.—(Max Koch.) 
Leaves. —It is one of our fodder trees. “ It yields a fair quantity of 
moderately good forage, eaten both by cattle and sheep.”—(R. W. Peacock.) 
Both sheep and cattle feed greedily upon it. It is difficult to kill, springing from the roots when 
cut down, and one of the best for sheep feed.—(S. Dixon, S.A.) 
Good cattle-feed ; horses will not eat it.—(P. Corbett, Paldrumatta Bore, vid Wilcannia, N.S.W.) 
Mr. E. B. Guthrie in Agric. Gazette , October, 1899, has published 
analyses of the leaves with respect to their fodder value. 
Water. 
Ash. 
Fibre. 
Ether 
extract 
(oil, etc.), 
Albu- 
menoids. 
Carbo¬ 
hydrates. 
Nutrient 
value. 
Albu- 
menoid 
ratio. 
Tannin 
(Oak bark). 
Rosewood ... 
34-27 
2-29 
13-74 
4-28 
10-31 
35-11 
55 
1 
H 
4-3 
12-27 
4-84 
16-36 
2-20 
15-75 
48-58 
69 
1 
3-7 
Fl’llit. —The seeds, which are covered with a red fleshy arillus, are eaten by 
emus and also by the aborigines. 
Timber. —Hardly a timber-tree, its principal use being that of a fodder. 
Timber very hard and heavy ; used for rollers and rolling-pins. It is of a yellowish colour, with a 
black or dark-brown heart. It might be suitable for wood-engraving. Specific gravity of wood, '858.— 
(Mueller.) 
Size. —A small tree. It grows to a girth of 15 inches and more and up to a 
height of 20 feet (S. Dixon). Attains a height of 20 to 30 feet (R. W. Peacock). 
Habitat. —The localities given in the Flora Australiensis are as follows :— 
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North Australia. 
Hammerslev Range, near Nichol Bay (E. Gregory’s Expedition). 
Queensland. 
Burdekin River (F. Mueller); Bowen River and Connor’s Creek (Leichhardt). 
