Bain
Groundcover; grows on beaches and dunes; fruits eaten in late December; juice used to treat burns, scalds and stings.
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Pigface |
Carpobrotus viriscens |
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Balga
Plant up to 5m grows on coastal plain; gum from flower spike used for cakes; leaves used for torches; dead flower stem used to make fire; resin used as an adhesive; bardi grubs collected from dying trunks.
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Blackboy |
Xanthorrhoea preissii |
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Born or mardja
Groundcover, widespread in woodlands and heath; reddish orange roots eaten and used for dye.
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Bloodroots |
Haemodorum species |
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Djubak
Groundcover, flowers after summer fires; juicy tubers collected in Kambarang (spring); eaten raw or roasted.
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Orchids |
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Djuk; also weelarra, waang
Upright shrub, grows in sandy areas over limestone but few remain in coastal areas; red fruits mature in Kambarang-Birak.
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Sandalwood |
Exocarpos sparteus |
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Jeeriji
Palm-like shrub, widespread; toxic fruit treated extensively by burial and soaking before being eaten.
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Zamia |
Macrozamia riedlei |
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Kara
Groundcover, grows in coastal jarrah and banksia woodlands; white tubers eaten.
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Milkmaids |
Burchardia umbellata |
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Kerbein
Groundcover, grows in sand dunes; palatable section of stem eaten all year round.
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Coastal Sword Sedge |
Lepidosperma gladiatum |
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Moodjar
Tree, grows on coastal plain; parasitic on grasses; spirits of dead people inhabit the Mooja so should be treated with care.
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Christmas Tree |
Nuytsia floribunda |
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Nyilla-nyilla
Epiphyte, grows around estuaries; parasitic on the salt sheoak; fruits collected in summertime.
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Mistletoe |
Lysiana casuarinae |
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