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Re: plants DB - indigenious
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: plants DB - indigenious
- From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:22:25 -0600
- Newsgroups: permaculture
- References: <LISTMANAGER-75906-37017-2001.12.28-17.38.08--dtv#mwt.net@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
this is a priceless reminder. it should be included on the database site.
1earth permaculture wrote:
> I had a chat with an Australian Aboriginal elder yesterday, which
> might be worth sharing on this List. The Plants DB came up and her
> response was:
>
> There is one specific native plant she mentioned that has some amazing
> medicinal properties, which the aborigines have been using for
> centuries. It is extremely hardy and can grow almost anywhere. They
> dare not mention the plant to most white folk for fear that the plant
> will be commercialised, patented, fought over, synthesized and sold
> over the chemist counter. As she said, that's not the plant's purpose.
>
> She requested that the plant not be mentioned on a public domain
> database.
>
> Marcus
>
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