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Terminalia canescens

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The bark is grey to brown in colour and sheds in coarse flakes. Leaf blades are narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate in shape with length of 28 to 75 millimetres (1.10 to 2.95 in) and a width of 5 to 35 mm (0.20 to 1.38 in). The inflorescences are 15 to 90 mm (0.59 to 3.54 in)
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The leaves, bark and stems of this plant are used in Australian native tea known as "Jilungin tea". This tea is promoted as aiding relaxation and sleep. The tea is said to have a mild, earthy flavour and aroma, similar to
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long producing dry winged fruit with a flattened, elliptic to obovate shape and a length of 15 to 40 mm (0.59 to 1.57 in).
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or semi-deciduous. It blooms between July and January producing white-cream-green flowers. The species is very similar to
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A 2017 report by the Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food, showed
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The small tree or shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 10 metres (3 to 33 ft) in height and is
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to promote deep sleep, and as a digestive tonic to provide energy during the day.
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A project is under way as of 2021 to cultivate the tree alongside orchards of
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levels similar to or exceeding those of green tea in a sample of
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Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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in north-western Australia, is a tree of the family
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Myrtales
Combretaceae
Terminalia
Binomial name
DC.
Radlk.
Combretaceae
deciduous
Terminalia bursarina
laterite
sandstone
Kimberley
Northern Territory
green tea
Nyul Nyul people
Kimberley
Western Australia
antioxidant
gubinge
Broome


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