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 Walnut 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 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
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Yellow Walnut Beilschmiedia bancroftii barka dja:nda gangi bara ganggi
Zamia Palm Cycas media marra badil badil gajirra
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