Hylandia

Hylandia is a genus of plants, of the family Euphorbiaceae, named in honour of Australian botanist Bernie Hyland, by Herbert K. Airy Shaw.

Hylandia dockrillii, commonly named blushwood, is the only known species. It is native to the Cook region in Queensland, Australia.

In 2014 it was reported that EBC-46, an extract from the berry of the blushwood tree, was effective in more than 70% of cases of certain cancer situations destroying long-term cancers of the head, neck, and colon in animals as well as in a laboratory melanoma model. Effects were visible within five minutes in models , and the tumors were cleared at 1.5 weeks. Initial studies showed no evidence that it was effective in metastatic cancers. Studies are ongoing to test the agent for human applications.

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