native plants used by aboriginal people for food, medicine, shelter and artifacts (abridged version)...
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Native Plants used by Aboriginal People for food, medicine, shelter
and artifacts(abridged version)
Produced by UniServe Science
at The University of Sydney
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educational purposes
Queensland Blackbean or Moreton Bay Chestnut
Bulbine Lily
Bunya Bunya Pine
Cabbage Tree Palms
Dianella sp.
Moreton Bay and Port Jackson Figs
Grasstrees
Gymea lilies
Illawarra Flame tree
Lilly Pilly
Lomandra sp
Pandanus
Tree ferns
Quandong
Pig face
Native raspberry
Lawyer cane
Sollya heterophylla
Mulga Wattle
Native willow
Paper bark
Rock lily
Candle nut
Macadamia
Tasting of native plants should only be carried out under expert
guidance and only after the plant has been correctly identified.
Many of the plants used by the Aboriginal people contain toxins. The Aborigines
have developed techniques for processing these foods where
necessary to eliminate the effects of the toxins.
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