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Plants used
for food and tool making.
FOOD
Part of plant found underground
| Common name: |
Botanical name: |
Part of plant used: |
| Early Nancy |
Anguillaria
dioica |
Bulb |
| Cranes-bill |
Geranium spp. |
Tap root |
| Murrnong, Yam
daisy |
Microseris
scapigera |
Root tuber |
| Orchids |
Orchidaeae |
Root tubers |
| Austral
bracken fern |
Pteridium
esculentum |
Rhizome |
| Marsh
club-rush, belillah |
Scirpus
fluviatilis |
Tuber |
| Water ribbons |
Triglochin
procera |
Tuber |
| Cumbungi |
Typha spp. |
Rhizome |
Fruits and seeds
| Common name: |
Botanical name: |
Part of plant used: |
| Wattles |
Acacia spp. |
Seeds |
| Lillypilly |
Acmena smithii |
Fruit |
| Karkalla, pigface |
Carpobrotus spp. |
Fruit |
| Sedges |
Cyperaceae |
Seeds |
| Ruby saltbush |
Enchylaena tomentosa |
Fruit and seeds |
| Ballarat, Native cherry |
Exocarpos spp |
Fruit |
| Grasses |
Gramineae |
Seeds |
| Nardoos |
Marsilea spp |
Sporocarps |
| Dillion bush, Nitre bush |
Nitraria schoberi |
Fruit |
| Small-leaf bramble |
Rubus parvifolius |
Fruit |
Green foliage
| Common name: |
Botanical name: |
Part of plant used: |
| Karkalla, pigface |
Carpobrotus spp. |
Leaf and stem |
| Rounded noon-flower |
Disphyma australe |
Leaf and stem |
| Purslane |
Portulaca oleracea |
Leaf and stem |
| Yellow marsh-cress |
Rorippa islandica |
Leaf and stem |
| Sow-thistle |
Sonchus spp. |
Leaf and stem |
| New Zealand spinish, Warrigal cabbage |
Tetragonia tetragonioides |
Leaf and stem |
Other foods
| Common name: |
Botanical name: |
Part of plant used: |
| Wattles |
Acacia spp. |
Gum |
| Banksias |
Banksia spp |
Flower honey for drink |
| Gun trees |
Eucalyptus spp. |
Flower honey, manna and lerp |
| Weeping pittosporum |
Pittosporum phillyreoides |
Gum |
| Grass-trees |
Xanthorrhoea spp. |
Heart of stem |
Plants used for fibres and
adhesives
| Common name: |
Botanical name: |
Part of plant used: |
| Stringybarks |
Eucalyptus spp |
Bark |
| Australian hollyhock |
Lavatera plebeia |
Stem |
| Native flax |
Linum marginale |
Stem |
| Cumbungi |
Typha spp |
Rhizome |
Adhesives
| Common name: |
Botanical name: |
Part of plant used: |
| Wattles |
Acacia spp. |
From stem |
| Gum trees |
Eucalyptus spp. |
From trunk |
| Porcupine grass, Spinifex |
Triodia spp. |
From leaf base |
| Grass-tree |
Xanthorrhoea spp. |
From leaf base |
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