swamp bloodwood

Called man-korlangrlang (Gundjeihmi= an-gorlangrlang) although this is usually restricted to the red-flowering variety. Pink variety is called an-ngal in Gundjeihmi. The syllable structure of the word is (m)an-ko-rlang-rlang. The 'l' sound is retroflex which is is written 'rl' in Kunwinjku and Gundjeihmi orthography.

Traditional Knowledge

“Man-korlangrlang kunanj kah-di”.

“There is a red-flowering swamp bloodwood growing there”.

Good firewood (kun-rerrng) with long lasting coals.
Hollow stems for long smoking pipes (larrwa).
Good tree for sugarbag (an-kung).
Leaves blown up like balloons to produce musical notes.

Tree to 12 metres high with drooping branches, bark rough, grey to black, fibrous to tessellated. Leaves alternate, smooth, leathery, broadly lanceolate, blade 125-320 mm long x 28-97 mm wide, glossy dark green above, paler underneath. Flowers: pink or red in groups of 3-7 on short thick stalks. Fruit a thick, woody cylindrical or slightly urn-shaped capsule, longitudinal ribs, 26-45 mm long x 19-30 mm wide. Found in lowland and sandstone country in wetter areas around permanent freshwater

springs and creek banks.