The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 18/4/87. ¶ ¶ No poison-cases from Tribulus terrestris are on record, dear Dr Ramsay, though the herbage of various species of the allied genus Zygophyllum proved deleterious as well in Australia as A...

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Physical location:

ML MSS.562, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 87.04.18

Plant names

Salsolaceae
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Tribulus terrestris
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1887-04-18. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1887/87-04-18-final.odt>, accessed May 7, 2026

18/4/87.

No poison-cases from are on record, dear Dr Ramsay, though the herbage of various species of the allied genus proved deleterious as well in Australia as Africa to pastural animals, particularly sheep. The with other congeners is widely dispersed over Australia as indigenous. Where it prevails, the seeds of the best native pasture-herbs and perennial good grasses should be collected and at the end of the hot season be strewn between the Tribulus, which useless weed would then be kept under to a great extent. Could your kind Brother

James Ramsay.

send fruit-specimens (branchlets) of all the various Saltbushes near you, which can be got at any time of the year. I have to work anew on very soon.

Regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller.