PLANTS K-Z

Ngadjon Name	Image	Use
magurra Ficus variegata Variegated Fig	Photo - Tony Irvine	The buttress wood could be used for making shields and rafts. See Weapons and Tools. The inner bark was beaten out to make blankets. Ripe fruits were eaten fresh.
malay malay Elaeagnus triflora Millaa Millaa Vine	© William T. Cooper 1994	Sweet flesh of ripe fruit eaten and relished.
murrgan Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blue quandong	© William T. Cooper 1994	Flesh of fruit eaten after fruit softens.
nigu Calamus radicalis Vicious Hairy Mary	Photo - Tony Irvine	Very thick lawyercane used for axe-handles and fish traps. See Weapons and Tools. Young shoots are edible.
wiiraa Davidsonia pruriens Davidson Plum	© William T. Cooper 1994	Flesh of ripe fruit eaten.
yagal Pandanus spp. Pandanus, Screw Pine	G.Steenbeeke © Orkology	Dried leaves were woven into baskets and mats. See Basketmaking.
yapulam Calamus australis Hairy Mary	Photo - M.Huxley	This lawyercane was used for basket-handles. See Basketmaking. Young shoots were eaten fresh or cooked. Said to taste like bamboo shoots.
yawala Bowenia spectabilis Rainforest Bowenia	© William T. Cooper 1994	The seeds and the large taproot of this cycad were eaten after careful processing to remove the poisons. See Food Processing.