Oceania - Kangaroo Paw Flower

On the sandy plains of Western Australia, kangaroo flowers offer a dazzling spectacle. Their slender stems blossom into unusual furry flowers in bright shades of red, green and yellow. The astonishing shape of their flowers is reminiscent of kangaroo paws and earned the plant its common name. The prolific kangaroo paw doesn't just produce large quantities of seeds; it can also successfully colonise damaged or burnt ground. Clarins researchers focused on this remarkable reproductive ability. Their studies demonstrated that its extract can be used to optimise the regenerative potential of the skin.

And the tradition lives on... Some Australian Aborigines such as the Noongar people continue to drink decoctions made with its energising flowers in and eat its nutritious roots.