Talk:Eucalyptus guilfoylei

Andrew Murphy?
The type material was collected by "A. Murphy". According to the ANBG, Andrew Murphy (1850 - 1930) "was in contact with the botanist J.H. Maiden". His son Percy Joseph Murphy (1888-1958) "was connected with his father's eucalypt seed business as a young man when he collected seed in Western Australian before World War I". I am therefore assuming the "A. Murphy" referred to in Maiden's paper, was therefore the said Andrew Murphy. Gderrin (talk) 21:22, 23 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Maiden noted in his paper -"Mr. Andrew Murphy, of Woy Woy, New South Wales, first drew my attention to this tree in 1905, he having received seed from Western Australia". Gderrin (talk) 21:38, 23 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Fascinating, I wonder if the plant extract for the wonder pills was kino from marri, which was widely used by colonists in the west as a panacea for gastro-intestinal disorders and a myriad of uses topical and internal by Noongar peoples. Or from an desert acacia, I'm guessing really, but it seems Murphy junior had access to good information from his collectors and informants. cygnis insignis 04:38, 24 July 2019 (UTC)