karnpirrkarnpirr

Photographer: Peggy Macqueen showing Sarah Oscar holding the plant

No common name

Senna venusta

Nyawa-ma karnpirrkarnpirr. Ngurnayinangulu yuwanana marntara-wu, nyamu-lu janga-ma karrwarnana. Kuyangka-ma nyarruluny-ja-ma jamana-la nyampa-ka wulu-ngka-ma maru-ngka-ma - murluny-jawung-kulu ngurnayinangulu kamparnana. Ngurnalu kutukutu yuwanana wumara-la-ma kuya. An ngurnayinangulu-rla palyangkarra na yuwanana na palyangpalyang.
This is karnpirrkarnpirr. We put it on people when they have sores. On their feet, lower leg, buttocks or wherever - we treat them with this kind of plant. We grind it on a rock and then dab it on them.

Speaker: Violet Wadrill