Thread: Native plant identification

Originally Posted by Pengy

I discovered the delights of Ongaonga a couple of years ago in Pureora.
I got quite badly stung along my right forearm. Take note ! Putting the affected part of your anatomy into an ice cold creek is NOT the way to get relief. It actually made the pain 5 times worse

Piss on it

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Piss on it

Only Waikato up there but that piss should work

If it comes down to having to drink Waikato in order to get pain relief, I will carry on suffering thanks

Strangely enough if you peel the bark off a stick of the ongaonga and soothe the inner bark over the sting points the pain is relieved...have done it myself a few times although if badly enough stung you would hardly be in any frame of mind to get the old knife out and start hacking!! Does work!!

Polyneuropathy is damage (peripheral neuropathy) to multiple nerves which can result from bad to severe stings. One person in New Zealand is recorded as having died from the effects of multiple stings...a scantily dressed hunter.

Nubile nymphs dress "scantilly", not hunters

Isn't dock leaf meant to fix ongaonga stings? I've heard of pissing on it too, same as blisters

Originally Posted by 308

Isn't dock leaf meant to fix ongaonga stings?

Yes, trying to work out which specific dock species, there are several, or if it is the whole family.

Originally Posted by ebf

Yes, trying to work out which specific dock species, there are several, or if it is the whole family.

I would have thought the odds of a dock plant being in close proximity to the Ongaonga that got you in the bush would be fairly remote anyway.

Originally Posted by Pengy

If it comes down to having to drink Waikato in order to get pain relief, I will carry on suffering thanks

Sweet I wont have to shout you anymore

Originally Posted by 308

Isn't dock leaf meant to fix ongaonga stings? I've heard of pissing on it too, same as blisters

No, dock will draw the sting from the introduced nettle...Urtica dioica.

The saying goes...nettle in, dock out...

Wharengarara (Pimelea prostrata), also known as NZ Daphne and Pinatoro is found pretty much throughout the North Island. It bears reddish to white berries which are edible and could sustain you for a time...avoid eating the foliage!




This is a lovely little plant...lizards like it probably because of the insects attracted to its flowers and fruit.

Originally Posted by EeeBees

Wharengarara (Pimelea prostrata), also known as NZ Daphne and Pinatoro is found pretty much throughout the North Island. It bears reddish to white berries which are edible and could sustain you for a time...avoid eating the foliage!




This is a lovely little plant...lizards like it probably because of the insects attracted to its flowers and fruit.

Almost looks like hebes Eeebees

Jeese EeeBees your a walking encyclopaedia of plants.......is there anything else that could be used on the dreaded Ongaonga ?

only thing i seem to stumble onto with monotonous regularity is bush lawyer.....got scars to prove it!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Scouser

Jeese EeeBees your a walking encyclopaedia of plants.......is there anything else that could be used on the dreaded Ongaonga ?

only thing i seem to stumble onto with monotonous regularity is bush lawyer.....got scars to prove it!!!!!!!

Concrete pills help nulify symptoms of both plants

Originally Posted by Gibo

Concrete pills help nulify symptoms of both plants

didnt take long.....who rattled your cage....haharrrrrrrrrrrrrrr