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| Kawakawa it is best to collect from a healthy plant, away from areas of pollution, i.e. roads, agri-sprays. Collect leaves that have holes in caused by the lopper moth caterpillar. The act of chewing these leaves, makes the plant release chemicals to heal and defend itself, it is these extra chemicals that give Kawakawa its medicinal qualities. | Kawakawa it is best to collect from a healthy plant, away from areas of pollution, i.e. roads, agri-sprays. Collect leaves that have holes in caused by the lopper moth caterpillar. The act of chewing these leaves, makes the plant release chemicals to heal and defend itself, it is these extra chemicals that give Kawakawa its medicinal qualities. | ||
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| ====Planting==== | ====Planting==== | ||
| I wished to plant Kawakawa seeds for a number of reasons. I have several young Kawakawa trees on my property and I love them, I think they are such a potent herb. I have seen the leaves when used raw heal serious skin infections, ease tooth ache, infusion and decoctions ease urinary infection, ease joint pain, balms that heal skin and generally also used help a person feel better all over when used as a tonic. It is also an essential part of the land I am developing into a food forest, and would make an excellent native understory plant. | I wished to plant Kawakawa seeds for a number of reasons. I have several young Kawakawa trees on my property and I love them, I think they are such a potent herb. I have seen the leaves when used raw heal serious skin infections, ease tooth ache, infusion and decoctions ease urinary infection, ease joint pain, balms that heal skin and generally also used help a person feel better all over when used as a tonic. It is also an essential part of the land I am developing into a food forest, and would make an excellent native understory plant. | ||
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| I gathered some Kawakawa fruit from Faulkner reserve in the middle of January, I notice a lot of birds enjoying these. The reserve has a great number of Kawakawa trees and is a spray free area. The trees were fruiting during this time, I was able to get a plentiful supple of female catkins in order to get seeds from. | I gathered some Kawakawa fruit from Faulkner reserve in the middle of January, I notice a lot of birds enjoying these. The reserve has a great number of Kawakawa trees and is a spray free area. The trees were fruiting during this time, I was able to get a plentiful supple of female catkins in order to get seeds from. | ||
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| I pressed the fruit through a sieve in order to extract the seeds. | I pressed the fruit through a sieve in order to extract the seeds. | ||
| - | I then rinsed these and left them to dry. Once dry I kept some to plant for my sample. I am aware that Kawakawa would not be the fastest crop to grow but I wanted to see what I could grow during this time. Unsurprisingly I only grew little shrubs, which would not be big enough to havest | + | I then rinsed these and left them to dry. Once dry I kept some to plant for my sample. I am aware that Kawakawa would not be the fastest crop to grow but I wanted to see what I could grow during this time. |
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| + | Unsurprisingly I only grew little shrubs, which would not be big enough to harvest | ||
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| ====Constituents and Properties==== | ====Constituents and Properties==== | ||
| Myrsticin – analgesic and antiseptic; | Myrsticin – analgesic and antiseptic; | ||