Although indigenous people ate 70% protein and 30% We hope this brochure will pique your interest carbohydrate from yams and other root crops, many in searching out some of our bushfood plants. Australian Native Plants plants needed specialised treatments that were passed down orally from generation to generation and over time The Qld Herbarium does not use the term ‘bush Society (Australia) much of this knowledge has been lost. Some parts of a foods’ in any publication so there is no specific plant may be edible whilst other parts may be hazardous list of ‘bush foods’. to eat. Special preparation may be required. Some fruit Australian Food Plants When reading some of the Bush Tucker books may be unpleasant to eat when not fully ripe or raw but you’ll see the words “Edible” & “Palatable” are good when made into conserves. It must be Study Group remembered that because there were some hundreds of used. The difference is sugar! Usually, if it says quite distinct Aboriginal languages and many more “Edible” then you’ll need to cook and add sugar dialects here in Australia, any aboriginal names given by or process into a conserve, chutney or drink etc. Let’s Grow Some Bushfood anybody are very localised in their application. When researching, just Google the following Finger Limes are very slow to grow and fruit from seed, terms: edible, forage, bushfood, bush tucker / If you would like to learn more about native plants, do tukka, medicinal, wild food or look at some join a Branch of the Society. https://www.npq.org.au/ so look for an advanced cutting grown plant which is suitable for growing in a pot or a grafted one to go in the YouTube videos. There are 18 Study Groups within ANPSA and 27 ground. other groups whose newsletters you can read on line. Bush tucker, also called bushfood, is any food If you want a nice shaped Lemon Myrtle, Backhousia http://anpsa.org.au/study.html native to Australia and used as sustenance by the citriodora, buy a cutting grown one as seedlings tend to original inhabitants but it can also describe any This list of plants has been compiled from the multi sucker and some suckers spread along the ground. native fauna or flora used for culinary and/or collective experience of members to help you select Warrigal Greens, Tetragonia tetragonioides, need to be medicinal purposes regardless of the continent or some bushfood that will grow well in most soil types boiled and water discarded due to oxalic acid content. in Qld and help you to create a great ‘Bush Tucker culture. ref: Wiki A lot of Syzygiums are susceptible to Psyllids but the Garden’. Our different States do not automatically following are advertised as resistant: Acmena smithii Hot If you are finding it hard to acquire grafted or synchronize botanic names so the same plant Flush, Hedgemster. Syzygium luehmannii, Hinterland Gold, advanced plants, email and I’ll put you in touch with Resilence, Straight and Narrow. Syzygiums may not fruit could be known by a different name in another a grower. after heavy pruning. Sublime, Red Head and Hobbit are State. Check here for the latest updates: WEBSITES resistant to Myrtle Rust. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc http://anpsa.org.au/foodplantsSG/index.html There are a number of forms of Flacourtia, many of which There’s very little data on which nutrients can be https://www.witjutigrub.com.au/ are dioecious, but some, including “Shipton's Flat”, bear found in which wild foods. Often, researchers https://tuckerbush.com.au/plants/ bisexual self-fertile flowers. Unless you have a bisexual tree, find that the same food will have different levels BUSHFOOD ASSOCIATIONS you will need to grow at least 3 trees to have a fair chance of of nutrients from one region to the next which http://www.qldbushfood.org.au/ having both male and female plants. may be because nutrient levels can be affected https://www.facebook.com/bushfood.WA/ MYRTLE RUST MANAGEMENT PLAN by environmental factors like drought, water https://www.sanativefoods.org.au/ https://www.ngiq.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/Myrtle- stress and pests. One study overseas found that https://anfab.org.au/ Rust-Management-Plan-2012-Final.pdf Native Plants Qld levels of Zinc and Vitamin A in the same foods Membership is open to all financial ANPSA members recommend Zaleton which contains two different fungicides: varied ten-fold from one region to another. Tebuconazole which works systemically and Trifloxystrobin and is complimentary although donations towards public which works longer term as a preventative but is only for The Bunya is technically not classified as a nut so plantings are very welcome! Newsletter is emailed twice ornamentals not food-bearing plants. those who have nut allergies are able to eat them. a year. Neither the Study Group, their affiliates, officers or members Bendigo Bank BSB 633 000 Account 161043369 assume any liability for information contained in this Using native plants as a food source is a journey of discovery. Email: [email protected] brochure or for any adverse effects arising from the consumption of food. http://anpsa.org.au/foodplantsSG/index.html TREES SOME BUSHFOOD FOR SMALL SUBURBAN GARDENS LOW GROWING PLANTS Acronychia acidula E Fr Lemon Aspen Acacia victoriae E S Wattle Apium prostratum P L Sea Celery Acronychia oblongifolia E Fr White Aspen Austromyrtus dulcis P Midyim Acmena smithii E Blue Lillypilly Araucaria bidwillii S Bunya Pine Native Ginger - 2 types Carpobrotus glaucescens P Fr Pigface Athertonia diversifolia P Atherton Almond Alpinia caerulea E Blue Flower red & green leaf Commelina cyanea P Capparis velutina FB Native Caper Antidesma erostre P Fr Wild Currant Wandering Jew Capparis arborea FB Native Caper Antidesma bunius M/F P Fr Herbert River Cherry Cullen tenax P L S Emu Foot Grass Mentha australis L River Mint Capparis lasiantha Fr Native Pomegranate Atriplex nummularia L Old Man Saltbush Mentha diemenica (dryer area) L Native Mint Capparis mitchellii Fr Native Pomegranate Austromyrtus dulcis P Fr Midyim Berry Mentha satureioides L Bush Mint Davidsonia jerseyana E Fr Davidson’s Plum Backhousia angustifolia E L Curry Myrtle Prostanthera species E L Native Mint Bush Davidsonia pruriens E Fr Davidson’s Plum Backhousia citriodora E L MR Lemon Myrtle Tetragonia tetragonioides L SN Warrigal Greens Elaeocarpus grandis E Fr Blue Quandong Backhousia myrtifolia E L Cinnamon Myrtle Viola banksii L Native Violet Ficus coronata P Fr Sandpaper Fig Carissa ovata Fr Currant Bush Ficus opposita P Fr Sandpaper Fig Citrus australis P Fr Round Lime GARNISHES Blue Flower Macadamia integrifolia P S Macadamia Citrus australasica P Fr SN Finger Lime Commelina cyanea L Wandering Jew Macadamia tetraphylla P S Macadamia Eugenia reinwardtiana MR P Fr Beach Cherry Trachymene incisa F Native Parsnip Pleiogynium timorense E M/F Burdekin Plum Flacourtia Bi E Fr M/F Cape Plum Viola banksii F Native Violet Podocarpus elatus P Fr M/F Plum Pine Glycosmis trifoliata P Fr Pink Lime Berry Australian Wahlenbergia F Podocarpus spinulosus Fr Plum Pine Hibiscus heterophyllus F Native Hibiscus Bluebell Planchonella australis P Black Apple Melastoma malabathricum P Fr Blue Tongue VINES AND SCRAMBLERS Syzygium anisatum E L Aniseed Myrtle Podocarpus spinulosus P Fr Dwarf Plum Pine Elaeagnus triflora P Fr Millaa Millaa Syzygium species Fr L Lillypilly Syzygium australe E MR Scrub Cherry Dioscorea transversa R E Native Yam Sterculia quadrifida E Fr S Peanut Tree Syzygium fibrosum Fr Eustrephus latifolius R E Wombat Berry Geitonoplesium cymosum Sh Scrambling Lily Tasmannia insipida M/F SN L S Pepper Bush AND NOW FOR SOME PRONUNCIATION IN Maclura cochinchhinensis Fr E Cockspur Thorn E Fr Red Passion GENERAL ON THE ENDINGS OF LATIN NAMES Passiflora cinnabarina According to Dr Gordon Guymer, the Director of the If some of the plants in the above section SN Flower Qld Herbarium, there are no hard and fast rules and it Bushfood for Small Suburban Gardens Piper hederaceum P L S Pepper Vine depends on your locality as to their pronunciation. ae ee-aa (victoriae vick-TOR-ee-aa) (vitae VITE-aa) become too tall, just trim them! LEGEND aea EE-a (Dodoneae dod-on-EE-a) (Fagraea fa-GREE-a) Bi Bisexual ae ee-aa (lochiae LOCK-ee-aa) (paulinae poor-LIN-aa) We have left off a number of bushfoods E Edible but needs processing ale ee - australe – oss-TRA-lee because of issues: weed potential, insignificant F Flower petals FB Flower Buds (pickle) ea ee-a (Alchornea al-CORN-ee-a) flesh on fruit etc. Fr Fruit eae ee-aa (synapheae sin-AFF-ee-aa) L Leaves – raw, cook or process ei ee-eye (moorei MOOR-ee-eye) M/F Dioecious - separate male & female ia ee-a Macadamia Acacia - a-KAY-sha This brochure is a work in progress MR Myrtle Rust susceptible iae ee-aa (lochiae - LOCK-ee-aa) P Palatable Sheryl Backhouse July 2019 ii ee-eye (bidwillii – bid-WILL-ee-eye) R Root Leader – Australian Food Plants Study Group S Seeds Sh Young shoots SN Special Needs .