Geebung (Persoonia)
Persoonia levis
About Geebung (Persoonia)
Geebung (Persoonia) (Persoonia levis) is a herb used in the Aboriginal Australian Medicine tradition to help with Nutritional Support, Antioxidant, Digestive Issues, and Immune Support. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Persoonia levis, commonly known as the broad-leaved geebung, is a shrub native to New South Wales and Victoria in eastern Australia. It reaches 5 m (16 ft) in height and has dark grey papery bark and bright green asymmetrical sickle-shaped leaves up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long and 8 cm (3.2 in) wide. The small yellow flowers appear in summer and autumn (December to April), followed by small green fleshy fruit, which are classified as drupes. Within the genus Persoonia, it...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist