Seed words in local language All seed words are collated from published Mullunburra/Yidin, Girramay/Jirrbal, Kuku-Yalangi, Djabugay and Ngadjon dictionaries. Please note: Jumbun are the Jirbal, Girramay, Jiru and Gulnay peoples.

Common name Scientific Yalanji Djabugay Yidin Jumbun Ngadjon name

seed diburr guyga julgil bawu

fruit ma: mayi

leaf birra dugu gubu

tree juku djulbin yugu jaba

bark dumbal dumbal

Black Bean Castanospermum australe baway yiwurra junggurraa mirrayn ganyjuu

Black Endiandra palmerstonii djuludjulu dical guwaa balay

Black Pine Podocarpus amara dili guln.gay gubuum jubula jubula

Burdekin Plum Pleiogynium timorense kurruy wagaday guybalam

Candlenut Aleurites moluccana bikarrakul ngabala kayka gaburra

Coconut Cocos nucifera jirimandi

Corkwood Duboisia myoporoides jilbar marlibay

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Davidson Plum Davidsonia pruriens jirirr munumba wuray wiiraa

Fig Ficus species wulku manggalarr mayal banba jarrangkal (F.benjamina) (F.copiosa) (F. jilanji ngalga yangki watkinsonia) yinkunji (F. congesta) (F. fraseri) banba (F. watkinsonia)

Hairy Yam Dioscorea transversa kawu garu: jugaral wukay dandi dundi

Leichhardt tree Nauclea orintalis kabal gudagay

Pandanus species jajikal yagal bimar

Silver Quandong Elaeocarpus angustifolius janbal murrgan murrgan

Blue Quandong Elaeocarpus grandis janbal murrgan

Satinash Syzigium forte wanggabal gurubal

Wait a While vine Calamus moti yibuy mudi mudi baygal guygi junggay junganyu jungganyu (fruit)

Calamus australis gambay yabulam

Wet Tropics Management Authority - Rainforest Explorer Seed words in local language Common name Scientific Yalanji Djabugay Yidin Jumbun Ngadjon name

Yellow Walnut bancroftii barka dja:nda gangi bara ganggi

Zamia Palm Cycas media marra badil badil gajirra

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