ab al ▁legend , ▁all ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁formed ▁one ▁un ified ▁group ▁until ▁the ▁on set ▁of ▁a ▁great ▁flo od ▁which ▁swe pt ▁over ▁the ▁land , ▁and ▁the ▁sc ant ▁surv iv ors ▁were ▁separated , ▁each ▁distinct ▁rem nant ▁then ▁developing ▁into ▁distinct ▁tribes ▁with ▁different ▁languages . ▁ ▁Tot em ▁ ▁The ▁ko ala ▁or ▁' bo or ab ee ' ▁ ▁Medicine ▁A ▁species ▁of ▁ang op hora ▁apple ▁tree , ▁t apped ▁for ▁its ▁t ann in - rich ▁k ino , ▁formed ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁N gar ab ul ▁ph arm ac op oe ia . ▁The ▁g um ▁of ▁Eu cal y pt us ▁robust a , ▁y ar ra ▁was ▁also ▁used ▁medic in ally . ▁The ▁leaves ▁of ▁the ▁Mann a ▁G um ,, ▁hor ra , ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁treat ▁o ph th al mic ▁mal ad ies ▁such ▁as ▁narr ada ▁mil ▁( bad ▁eye ). ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁internal ▁medicine , ▁their ▁properties ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁cases ▁of ▁di arr ho ea , ▁something ▁Mac Ph erson ▁observed ▁as ▁working ▁when ▁he ▁applied ▁the ▁rem edy ▁to ▁a ▁pet ▁op os sum ▁suffering ▁from ▁loose ▁bow els . ▁Two ▁cur ative ▁functions ▁were ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁fat ▁of ▁the ▁car pet ▁sn akes , ▁as ▁an ▁em ol lient ▁for ▁burn s , ▁and ▁as ▁an ▁em bro cation ▁for ▁r he um at ism . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁N gar rab ul ▁tribe ▁an