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Bush Banana (Marsdenia australis) is an Australian native plant. It is found in Central Australia and throughout Western Australia. It is a bush tucker food for Aborigines

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Fred Durham started growing Australian native limes (finger limes) after realising the unique nature of this indigenous fruit with its caviar-shaped juice sacs and vibrant colour diversity of its pulp. The potential for this product as a garnish and ingredient in any food situation regardless of culture was apparent. Over six years later he now packs them in 1kg OZLIME branded boxes ideal for restaurants, caterers and the general public. Fruit can be collected from the orchard or…

'This is a book about Australian food, not the foods that European Australians cooked from ingredients they brought with them, but the flora and fauna that nourished the Aboriginal peoples for over 50,000 years. It is because European Australians have hardly touched these foods for over 200 years that I am writing it.' We celebrate cultural and culinary diversity, yet shun foods that grew here before white settlers arrived. We love 'superfoods' from exotic locations, yet reject those that…

A bush tucker plant. This species is related to sandalwood and is a root parasite of other plants.

Large, unusual flower of Capparis mitchellii Family: Capparaceae Common name: Native Orange Flowers and fruit: At first sight, the flower of Capparis mitchellii appears to consist of nothing more than a mass of stamens up to 70mm long, but it has cream petals that recurve when mature. Fruit is up to 80mm diameter, green maturing to a dull yellow, with rough exterior texture and stiff, irregular stalk. The fruit is reported to be edible - I tasted it but didn't find it particularly pleasing…

This close relative of the Mango is a native tropical rainforest tree. The deep purple, fleshy, plum-like fruits need to be held for some days to soften and mellow before eating. The flavour then is reminiscent if a prune with a hint of a Davidson's Plum to finish.Early settlers (probably taught by the Aborigines) were known to bury them in the ground which had the effect of softening them and increasing palatability. The fruit can be eaten raw, or used in wines, jams and jellies. The…

What do Aussies love eating? These foods of Australia must certainly be tasty, no matter how strange they may appear.

The most important book on tropical Australian botany ever published with 2436 species described and 1236 illustrated in full colour. This definitive work, 17 years in the making, covers the fruiting plants of Australia's tropical rainforest in Queensland extending from Rockhampton on the Tropic of Capricorn through to the Torres Strait. Each species (except for a few which are leafless) is accompanied by a line illustration of its leaf as an aid to identification. It is a testimony to Wendy…

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Bush tucker, as native Australian foods are commonly known, are as delicious as they are wild. Yet Australia has never embraced its quandongs and its wallaby meats as part of its national cuisine—and that is a damn shame.

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