What is Bursaria?

Bursaria is a family that belongs to the Pittosporaceae family and orders the Apiales. Plants of this genus are shrubs and small trees that commonly occur in the forests of most Australian states, with the exception of northern territory. The name comes from the Latin word bursa , which means a handbag, because its semi -capsules look like a handbag. These plants contain Aesulin, which was used in the formula of the solar screen for Australian World War II soldiers. It is now used as a tropical disease test agent and as a disorder of blood vessels and the treatment of hemorrhoids.

This genus has seven species. It is known that they have attractive flowers and are therefore a common accessory to gardens and landscape areas. If they are well maintained, shrubs can create tight hedges that provide full coverage. These shrubs provide naturally, provide high fencing.ly box. It is an upright and barbed shrub that can grow up to 10 to 13 feet (3 to 4 m). The leaves are lonely or grouped and the usualThe cages are 0.8 to 1.8 inches (20 to 45 mm) long and 0.5 inches wide (12 mm). Milky-white star-shaped flowers are grouped at the end points of the plant terminal and distribute a sweet scent. Bursaria spinosa is known as Christmas bush in Australia because flowers grow in full flowering during their half of the summer, which is around Christmas time.

Bursaria plants have many uses in the animal kingdom. Their nectar of sweet flowers is an important source of food for butterflies and their larvae. The complex structure of the shrub is a place where many types of spiders create their websites. Over time, these residues of websites become bird's nesting sites such as black heads and New Holland Honeyeaters, Robins and Gray Fantails. The bushy, thorny and fat -structure of plants bursaria serves as a defensive barricade for small forest animals seeking refuge from their predators.

plantsIn this family they have several uses in health and medicine. Aesculin, which is extracted in large concentrations from his leaves, was used by Australian shooters during World War II as a solar screen. It is also used as a significant bacteriological agent for the analysis of tropical diseases by Australian forces. This is also used for the treatment of hemorrhoids and for the treatment of blood vessel diseases in Australian soldiers assigned to the tropics.