Xanthorrh[oe]a Arborea
The grass gum tree of Australia, also called black boy. This is a liliaceous plant, which produces a long flower-stalk, bearing at the top an immense cylindrical flower-spike, and when the short black...
The grass gum tree of Australia, also
called black boy. This is a liliaceous plant, which produces a
long flower-stalk, bearing at the top an immense cylindrical
flower-spike, and when the short black stem is denuded of leaves,
the plants look very like black men holding spears. The leaves
afford good fodder for cattle, and the tender white center is used
as a vegetable. A fragrant resin, called acaroid resin, is
obtained from it.
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