Scaevola spinescens

Scaevola spinescens (common names of currant bush & maroon bush) is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae, found in all mainland Australian states and territories, in the drier parts.[4]

Scaevola spinescens
LC (TPWCA)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. spinescens
Binomial name
Scaevola spinescens
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Common names by which it is known in the Northern Territory are spiny fanflower, prickly fanflower, and Incense bush,[1] while the common names listed for New South Wales are maroon bush, fan bush, prickly fan flower.[5]

It was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown who named it Scaevola spinescens.[2][3]

In south west Western Australia, the Noongar people called it Murin Murin and made decoctions from the whole plant for the treatment of cancer, intestinal complaints, heart disease, and urinary and kidney complaints.[6]

Conservation status

In the state of Western Australia it is classified as "not threatened",[7] and in the Northern Territory as being of "least concern".[1] In New South Wales and South Australia no comment is made,[5][8] while in Victoria it is rather rare.[9]

References
  1. "Scaevola spinescens NT Flora". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  2. "Scaevola spinescens". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 586
  4. R.C.Carolin (2017) Scaevola spinescens. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 09 August 2019.
  5. Carolin, R.C. (1992). "Scaevola spinescens PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  6. Hansen, V. & Horsfall, J. (2016) "Noongar Bush Medicine Medicinal Plants of the southwest of Western Australia", p.110. UWA publishing, Crawley, WA
  7. "Scaevola spinescens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  8. "Fact sheet for Scaevola spinescens". www.flora.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  9. VicFlora: Scaevola spinescens
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