Chamaecrista (no common name)

Many plants used for poisoning fish are called mawurrumbulk in Bininj Kunwok languages.

Chamaecrista mimosoides has leafy branches for fish poison or 'ichthycide'. - The leaves are also crushed and applied directly, or steeped in a little water, to open wounds and sores. Erect or straggling herb or subshrub usually to 1 metre high. Leaves sensitive to touch. opposite pinnate, whole leaf to 110 mm long, divided into 40-85 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet linear-oblong, 1.5-5 mm long x 0,4-1 mm wide. Flowers single, yellow, about 15 mm diameter. Fruit flat pod 40-50 mm long x 4-4.5 mm wide, brown when ripe. Found in seasonally waterlogged and poorly drained areas on sandy soil.