Guide to some edible/useful (mostly) local species
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| 1 A guide to some edible/useful (mostly) local species
2-4m
S H fast x wb fs f
x Seeds eaten. Inner bark used for twine
4-6m
S/T
M fast
x wb
fs f
x Young roots & seeds eaten. Bark infusion for coughs. Wood for spears, clubs, boomerangs & fibre Hickory Wattle Acacia disparrima >10
T L fast x wb fs f
x Seeds & gum eaten. Wood used for boomerangs & clubs
4-6m
S M fast x wb fs f S x Seeds & gum eaten.
1-6
o S
fast x wb fs f
x Seeds & gum eaten.
2-4m
S H fast x wb fs f
x Good quality edible seed. Mostly eaten roasted green in pods
Many other Acacia species have edible seeds & gum and are a source of fibre.
Coastal She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis 6-8m
L
not edible fs
S/N
Gum soaked in warm water to make a jelly
Leaf infusion antifungal Sea Celery Apium prostratum <1m
H
fs
Celery flavoured leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked
1m
S H slow x
fs/ps
F Sweet berries (White with purple spots). Aromatic seeds eaten
Banksia (integrifolia/aemula/oblongifolia/spinulosus/robur)
wb fs
N
Flowers steeped in water for nectar drink.
Apple Berry Billardiera scandens 1m
V
slow
ps
F Mature fruit edible raw.
x F N slow
x
ps/sh
Important food source for edible rhizome. Pounded into flour Likes boggy soil.
>10m
T
fast
fs/ps f
Seeds eaten (once hairs are removed). Tuberous roots eaten Fibre source. Trunks bear water - can be tapped. Deciduous
>10m
T not edible wb fs
S
Not edible. Leaves & twigs for colds & skin irritations. Resin for glue. Wood for spears & roots for boomerangs. Native Caper Capparis canescens 3-6m
S
slow
fs/ps f F x Ripe fruit eaten raw
H
fs
x Fruits eaten raw & leaves roasted - pleasant salty taste Crushed leaves used to treat bites, stings & burns (sunburn) Native Yam Dioscorea transversa V
V N
x
ps
Tubers eaten
Eremophila deblis <1m
H slow
fs/ps
Mature fruit eaten raw.
Eucalyptus species >10m
T
fast
wb? fs n N x Not edible. Host to many food sources (eg. possum, koala, bees, lerps, grubs) . Bloodwoods used as nectar source. Gum to treat diarrhea & fill tooth cavities. Wood for spears & clubs. Some stringybarks eg Tallowwood for canoes & shelters.
1-2m
x G/SE
fs
f
Seed can be ground into flour. Leaf bases chewed
1m
S
fs/ps
F Sweet, scant flesh eaten raw Root infusion for diarrhea. Pounded leaves applied to cuts Samphire Halosarcia indica / pergranulata <1m x H
x fs
Succulent stems crisp & salty
Hardenbergia violacea V
V
fs/ps
x Purple flowers eaten raw
Hibiscus tiliaceus 6m
S/T
fast
wb
fs
x Important fibre plant Inner bark infusion used to wash wounds/bark used to wrap wounds Nut Lily Hypoxis sp <1m o L slow
fs/ps
x Tubers eaten raw.
2 COMMON NAME SPECIES Av. Ht We t f ee t For m Fr ost Grow th Rat e B est e at in g Win d b re ak Sun B u tt er fly B irds Flowe rs Uses/Comments Medicinal uses Coastal / open forest species continued Goats Foot Ipomea pes-caprae <1m
V
fs
Tuber / taproot eaten roasted after removing outer layers. Leaves heated & applied to wounds/stings/bites or for muscular pain (heat pack)
2-3m
S
fast
wb fs/ps
x Trunk cut & gum exudation eaten at certain times of the moon Heaths Leucopogon sp 1-3m
S
slow
fs
F Small fruits eaten
>10m
x P
ps
Palm heart eaten. Palm killed in process
>10m
x T H fast not edible f N
Not edible Bark used for canoes & shelters Paperbark Melaleuca quinquinervia >10m
x T H fast
wb fs
N x Nectar source. Bark used for huts/raincoat/tinder/bedding/cooking etc (nature’s esky) Leaves were chewed & crushed & sniffed for colds. Bottlebrushes Melaleuca species come in many shapes and forms. Flowers are a good source of nectar flowers can be sucked or soaked in water in a picci (container from base of Piccabeen Palm frond), and drunk fresh or fermented into alcohol. S/T
Blue tongue Melastoma affine 2m
x S N fast
fs/ps f F x Mature fruit eaten raw.
H
fs/ps
Leaves aromatic May have medicinal properties Screw Pine Pandanus tectorius 4-6m
S/T
fs\ps
Fruit roasted to extract edible seeds. Fruit eaten cooked in small quantities Fibre for baskets
L
fs
x Rhizome eaten
Persoonia stradbrokensis / virgata
S
fs/ps
F
Edible fruits - like sweet cotton wool Hard plant to germinate. Shrubby Pine Podocarpus spinulosus 2m
S
x wb fs
Mature fruit edible raw.
H
fs/ps
Leaves eaten raw. Roots cooked & seeds ground & roasted into cakes. Bracken Fern Pteridium esculentum 1m
F H
fs/ps
H Young shoots eaten. Rhizomes pounded & roasted into cakes Juice from young fronds used to relieve bites & stings
H
fs
f
x Mature black fruit eaten raw.
Tetragonia tetragonioides <1m
H
x fs
Leaves edible when cooked (popular European vegetable).Annual.
L slow
fs/ps
x Tubers eaten (raw or pounded and roasted)
slow
fs/ps
x Blue flowers eaten raw
Xanthorrhoea johnsonii / fulva / latifolia 2-4m
G/SE
slow
fs N
Edible nectar, seeds & leaf bases. Grubs in trunk base Source of resin/flower spikes used in firemaking. Resin heated & used as glue (a traded item)
2-3m
x F
ps
Frond stems up to 6m long are filled with edible starch. Probably best cooked into cakes Very rare in the wild in SEQ - harvest from cultivated specimens only
x F N slow
x
ps/sh
Important food source for edible rhizome. Likes boggy soil.
H
ps/sh
Leaves eaten. Best when cooked.
Lomandra hystrix 1m
x G/SE
H
wb fs/ps
f
Edible leaf stalk bases. Good edge plant Leaves used for dillies & bandages Long Mat Rush Lomandra longifolia 1.2m
x G/SE
H
wb fs/ps
f
Edible leaf stalk bases. Good edge plant Leaves used for dillies & bandages Warrigal Greens Tetragonia tetragonioides <1m
H
x fs
Leaves edible when cooked (popular European vegetable).Annual.
Bolboshoenus fluvialatis 1m
x G/SE
fs/ps
Edible corms eaten raw or pounded & baked Applied for burns or lesions - poultice? Water Chestnut Eleocharis dulcis 1m
x G/SE
x
fs
H Delicious edible tubers. Best in about 200mm of water.
Nympheaea species - x
fs/ps
x Edible tubers, seeds, flowers & stalks
3 COMMON NAME SPECIES Av. Ht We t f ee t For m Fr ost Grow th Rat e B est e at in g Win d b re ak Sun B u tt er fly B irds Flowe rs Uses/Comments Medicinal uses
Triglochin procera 1m
x
fs/ps
Tuber eaten raw or roasted
2m
x G/SE
fast
fs H
Underground stems contain gluten for flour (roasted). Flowers spikes eaten raw or cooked. New shoots eaten raw
Blackwood Acaia melanoxylon >10m
o T H fast
wb fs/ps f F x Gum eaten. Seeds eaten ground - highly nutritious. Twigs & bark used as a fish poison? Soap Tree / Red Ash Alphitonia excelsa >10m
T L fast not edible f S
Not edible. Used for soap. Leaves rubbed in water to stun fish. Leaf tips chewed for upset stomach. Linament of leaves & twigs muscular pains - gargled for toothache Cinnamon Myrtle Backhousia myrtifolia 3-5m
S L slow x wb fs/ps
x Aromatic leaves . Good Bay Leaf substitute Wood used for axehandles. Little Kurrajong Brachychiton bidwillii 3-6m
S
fast
fs/ps
x Seeds eaten (after hairs are removed)
5-10m
S/T
slow
fs/ps F
Mature fruit eaten raw.
Dianella sp <1m
L L slow
ps F?
Caution - Mature blue / purple fruit eaten raw, but only in small quantities (can cause dizziness). Roots pounded & roasted
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