Sea box or dysentery bush - Alyxia buxifolia

I could not find any info on why it is called dysentery bush,

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Ruth Spigelman

Lion

Indigenous peoples used this as a medicinal plant, specifically the root I believe. Full of mucilage, great for soothing/slowing down rapid intestines. Posted 4 years ago
1. Ernst
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you Ruth,I gues the name points to a medical issue.So little we know and learned from the original people living in Australia . Posted 4 years ago

The Sea Box

''Alyxia buxifolia'', the sea box or dysentery bush, is a species of shrub in the family Apocynaceae. In Australia, it occurs in coastal areas of the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

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Similar species: Gentianales

Species identified by Ernst