Examples of Australian native plant foods include the fruits: quandong, kutjera, muntries, riberry, Davidson's plum, and finger lime. Native spices include lemon myrtle, mountain pepper, and aniseed myrtle. A popular leafy vegetable is warrigal greens. Nuts include bunya nut, and the most identifiable bushfood plant harvested and sold in large scale commercial quantities is the macadamia nut. Knowledge of Aboriginal uses of fungi is meagre but beefsteak fungus and native "bread" (a fungus also), were certainly eaten.
Native Australian food-plants listed by culinary province and plant part[edit]
Australian bushfood plants can be divided into several distinct and large regional culinary provinces. Please note, some species listed grow across several climatic boundaries.Top-end[edit]
Monsoonal zone of the Northern Territory, Cape York and North-western Australia.Fruits[edit]
| Adansonia gregorii | Boab | ||
| Buchanania arborescens | Citrus gracilis | Kakadu Lime | |
| Eugenia carissoides | Cedar Bay Cherry | ||
| Ficus racemosa | Cluster Fig | ||
| Manilkara kaukii | Wongi | ||
| Melastoma affine | Blue Tongue | ||
| Mimusops elengi | Tanjong | ||
| Morinda citrifolia | Great Morinda | ||
| Physalis minima | Native Gooseberry | ||
| Terminalia ferdinandiana | Kakadu Plum | ||
| Syzygium erythrocalyx | Johnstone's River Satinash | ||
| Syzygium fibrosum | Fibrous Satinash | ||
| Syzygium suborbiculare | Lady Apple |
Vegetables[edit]
| Dioscorea alata | Chinese or winged yam |
| Dioscorea bulbifera | Round Yam |
| Dioscorea transversa | Pencil Yam, Long Yam |
| Eleocharis spp. | Mat-Rush, a traditional staple for Yolngu |
| Ipomoea aquatica | Native Kang Kong |
| Nelumbo nucifera | lotus |
| Nymphaea macrosperma | water lily |
Nuts[edit]
| Cycas media | Cycad palm seeds (Require detoxification: see Bush bread ) |
| Semecarpus australiensis | Australian Cashew |
| Terminalia catappa | Sea Almond |
Spices[edit]
| Eucalyptus staigeriana | Lemon Ironbark |
| Melaleuca leucadendra | Weeping Paperbark |
| Melaleuca viridiflora | Kitcha-kontoo |
| Ocimum tenuiflorum | Native Basil |
Outback Australia[edit]
Arid and semi-arid zones of the low rainfall interior.Fruits[edit]
| Capparis spp. | Native Caper, Caperbush |
| Capparis mitchelii | Wild orange |
| Capparis spinosa subsp. nummularia | Wild passionfruit |
| Carissa lanceolata | Bush plum, Conkerberry |
| Citrus glauca | Desert Lime |
| Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Saltbush |
| Ficus platypoda | Desert Fig |
| Marsdenia australis | Doubah, Bush Banana |
| Owenia acidula | Emu Apple |
| Santalum acuminatum | Quandong, Desert or Sweet Quandong |
| Santalum murrayanum | Bitter Quandong |
| Solanum centrale | Akudjura, Australian Desert Raisin, Bush tomato |
| Solanum cleistogarnum | Bush tomato |
| Solanum ellipticum | Bush tomato |
Vegetables[edit]
| Calandrinia balonensis | Parakeelya |
| Ipomoea costata | Bush potato |
| Vigna lanceolata | Pencil Yam |
| Lepidium spp. | Peppercresses |
| Portulaca intraterranea | Large Pigweed |
Seeds[edit]
| Acacia aneura | Mulga |
| Acacia colei | |
| Acacia coriacea | Dogwood |
| Acacia holosericea | Strap Wattle |
| Acacia kempeana | Witchetty Bush |
| Acacia murrayana | |
| Acacia pycnantha | |
| Acacia retinodes | |
| Acacia tetragonophylla | Dead finish seed |
| Acacia victoriae | Gundabluey, Prickly wattle |
| Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong |
| Panicum decompositum | native millet |
| Portulaca oleracea | Pigweed |
| Triodia spp. | commonly known as spinifex |
Spices[edit]
| Eucalyptus polybractea | Blue-leaved Mallee |
Insects in gall[edit]
Eastern Australia[edit]
Subtropical rainforests of New South Wales to the wet tropics of Northern Queensland.Fruit[edit]
| Acronychia acidula | Lemon Aspen |
| Acronychia oblongifolia | White Aspen |
| Antidesma bunius | Herbet River Cherry |
| Archirhodomyrtus beckleri | Rose Myrtle |
| Austromyrtus dulcis | Midyim |
| Carpobrotus glaucescens | Pigface |
| Citrus australasica | Finger Lime |
| Citrus australis | Dooja |
| Davidsonia jerseyana | New South Wales Davidson's Plum |
| Davidsonia johnsonii | Smooth Davidsonia |
| Davidsonia pruriens | North Queensland Davidson's Plum |
| Diploglottis campbellii | Small-leaf Tamarind |
| Eupomatia laurina | Bolwarra |
| Ficus coronata | Sandpaper Fig |
| Melodorum leichhardtii | Zig Zag Vine |
| Pleiogynium timorense | Burdekin Plum |
| Podocarpus elatus | Illawarra Plum |
| Planchonella australis | Black Apple |
| Rubus moluccanus | Broad-leaf Bramble |
| Rubus probus | Atherton Raspberry |
| Rubus rosifolius | Rose-leaf Bramble |
| Syzygium australe | Brush Cherry |
| Syzygium luehmannii | Riberry |
| Syzygium paniculatum | Magenta Lilly Pilly |
| Ximenia americana | Yellow Plum |
Vegetable[edit]
| Apium prostratum | Sea Celery |
| Commelina cyanea | Scurvy Weed |
| Geitonoplesium cymosum | Scrambling Lily |
| Tetragonia tetragonoides | Warrigal Greens |
| Trachymene incisa | Wild Parsnip |
| Urtica incisa | Scrub Nettle |
Spices[edit]
| Alpinia caerulea | Native Ginger |
| Backhousia citriodora | Lemon Myrtle |
| Backhousia myrtifolia | Cinnamon Myrtle |
| Leptospermum liversidgei | Lemon Tea-tree |
| Prostanthera incisa | Cut-leaf Mintbush |
| Smilax glyciphylla | Sweet Sarsaparilla |
| Syzygium anisatum | Aniseed Myrtle |
| Tasmannia stipitata | Dorrigo pepper (leaf and pepperberry) |
Nut[edit]
| Araucaria bidwillii | Bunya Nut |
| Athertonia diversifolia | Atherton Almond |
| Macadamia integrifolia | Macadamia Nut |
| Macadamia tetraphylla | Bush Nut |
| Sterculia quadrifida | Peanut Tree |
Temperate Australia[edit]
Warm and cool temperate zones of southern Australia, including Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and the highlands of New South Wales.Fruit[edit]
| Acrotriche depressa | Native Currant |
| Billardiera cymosa | Sweet Apple-berry |
| Billardiera longiflora | Purple Apple-berry |
| Billardiera scandens | Common Apple-berry |
| Carpobrotus rossii | Karkalla |
| Exocarpus cupressiformis | Native Cherry |
| Gaultheria hispida | Snow Berry |
| Kunzea pomifera | Muntries |
| Rubus parvifolius | Pink-flowered Native Raspberry |
| Sambucus gaudichaudiana | White Elderberry |
Seed[edit]
| Acacia longifolia | Golden Rods |
| Acacia sophorae | Coast Wattle |
Spice[edit]
| Eucalyptus dives | Peppermint Gum |
| Eucalyptus olida | Strawberry Gum |
| Eucalyptus globulus | Tasmanian Blue Gum |
| Mentha australis | River Mint |
| Prostanthera rotundifolia | Native Thyme |
| Tasmannia lanceolata | Mountain pepper |
| Tasmannia stipitata | Dorrigo Pepper |
Vegetable[edit]
| Apium insulare | Flinders Island Celery |
| Atriplex cinerea | Grey Saltbush |
| Burchardia umbellata | Milkmaids |
| Eustrephus latifolius | Wombat berry |
| Microseris lanceolata | Murnong |
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