Re: Grevilleas

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• Subject: Re: Grevilleas
• From: T* a* M* R* <t*@xtra.co.nz>
• Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:02:22 +1200

--- Tony and Moira Ryan <tomory@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

This did surprise me as I was brought up in a garden
with several of these trees and in my part of Kenya G rubusta was
widely grown, but I Have never hard of it causing this reaction.

A random page in French said this:

Grevillea robusta peut être responsable de dermatose
irritative de contact. Cet arbre, ainsi qu G. striata
sont étudiés, pour leurs composants phénoliques, dans
les problèmes cardiovasculaires ainsi que pour leurs
propriétés anti-oxydantes. Certaines espèces telle G.
nematophylla étaient utilisées en médecine
traditionelle par les aborigènes.

Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
NEW PICTURES ADDED 4/Feb/2004

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