Bush Tucker

Australian native plants are increasingly being used in foods, either for their flavour, or as a major component. Jam, chutney, salad dressing, and various herbs and spices using Australian native species can even be found in major supermarket chains. Australian plants that are edible, and that are sometimes available at our sales, are listed below.

WARNING: Extreme care should be exercised to ensure correct identification before consuming plants found in the wild. Some bush tucker plants are very similar to other plants that may contain poisonous compounds. The wrong choice could cause illness if consumed. Even correctly identified, some bush tucker may contain substances that, while harmless to most people, can cause an allergic reaction to a minority, or have an unpleasant taste to some. In some cases, the bush tucker needs appropriate preparation before use.

There are several books on the market that give information on the preparation of bush tucker, as well as recipes and ideas on how to use Australian native plants in cooking.

Genus or species name	Common name	Edible portion
Acacia aneura	Mulga	Seeds
Acacia farnesiana	Sweet Acacia, Scented Wattle	Seed-pods
Acacia longifolia var. sophorae	Coastal Wattle	Seeds
Acacia pycnantha	Golden Wattle	Seeds
Acacia murrayana	Murray's Wattle	Seeds
Acacia victoriae	Elegant Wattle	Seeds
Acacia stenophylla	River Cooba	Seeds
Acmena smithii	Lilly Pilly	Fruit
Acrotriche depressa		Fruit
Alpinia caerulea	Native Ginger	Roots, fruit
Alyogyne huegelii	Native Hibiscus	Foliage, roots
Apium prostratum	Sea Celery	Foliage
Araucaria bidwillii	Bunya Pine	Seeds
Archirhodomyrtus beckleri	Rose Myrtle	Fruit
Arthropodium strictum	Chocolate Lily	Roots
Astrebla pectinata	Barley Mitchell Grass	Seeds
Astroloma humifusum	Cranberry Heath	Fruit
Atriplex cinerea	Coast Saltbush	Foliage
Austromyrtus 'Copper Tops'		Fruit
Austromyrtus dulcis	Midgen Berry	Fruit
Austromyrtus tenuifolia		Fruit
Billardiera cymosa	Sweet Apple Berry	Fruit
Billardiera scandens	Common Apple Berry	Fruit
Billardiera versicolor	Sweet Appleberry	Fruit
Brachychiton acerifolium	Flame Tree	Seed
Brachychiton bidwillii		Seed
Brachychiton discolor	White Kurrajong, Lacebark	Seed
Brachychiton diversifolius	Northern Kurrajong	Seed
Brachychiton gregorii	Desert Kurrajong; Ngalta	Seed
Brachychiton populneus	Kurrajong	Seed, roots
Brachychiton rupestris	Bottle Tree	Seed, shoots, roots
Bulbine bulbosa	Bulbine Lily, Wild Onion	Bulbs
Burchardia umbellata	Milkmaids	Roots
Calandrinia polyandra	Parakeelya; Munyeroo	Foliage
Canavalia rosea	Mackenzie Bean	Seeds, seed-pods
Capparis loranthifolia	Narrow-leaved Bumble Tree	Fruit
Capparis mitchellii	Wild Orange	Fruit
Capparis spinosa var. nummularia	Wild Passionfruit	Fruit, young buds
Carpobrotus glaucescens	Coastal Noonflower	Fruit
Carpobrotus modestus	Inland Pigface	Foliage, fruit
Carpobrotus rossii	Ross's Noonflower, Karkalla	Foliage, fruit
Carpobrotus virescens	Coastal Pigface	Foliage, fruit
Cissus antarctica	Native Grape, Kangaroo Vine	Fruit
Citriobatus spinescens	Native Orange	Fruit
Commelina cyanea	Scurvy Weed, Wandering Jew	Foliage
Crinum flaccidum	Darling Lily	Bulb
Davidsonia pruriens	Davidson's Plum	Fruit
Diploglottis cunninghamii	Native Tamarind	Fruit
Doryanthes excelsa	Giant Lily, Gymea Lily	Roots, flower-stem
Elaeocarpus reticulatus	Blueberry Ash	Fruit
Enchylaena tomentosa	Ruby Saltbush	Foliage, fruit
Eremocitrus glauca	Desert Lime	Fruit
Eremophila debilis	Amulla	Fruit
Eupomatia laurina	Copper Laurel; Native Guava	Fruit
Eustrephus latifolius	Wombat Berry, Orange Vine	Tubers
Exocarpos cupressiformis	Native Cherry	Fruit
Ficus benjamina	Weeping Fig	Fruit, young shoots
Ficus macrophylla	Moreton Bay Fig	Fruit, young shoots
Ficus rubiginosa	Port Jackson Fig	Fruit, young shoots
Hibiscus diversifolius	Swamp Hibiscus	Foliage, flowers
Hibiscus heterophyllus	Native Rosella	Foliage
Kunzea pomifera	Muntries	Fruit
Lavatera plebeia	Australian Hollyhock	Roots
Leucopogon parviflorus	Coast Beard-heath	Fruit
Linum marginale	Native Flax	Seeds
Lomandra longifolia	Spiny-headed Mat-rush	Foliage
Marsilea drummondii	Common Nardoo	Seeds
Marsilea mutica	Banded Nardoo	Seeds
Melastoma affine	Native Lasiandra	Fruit
Microseris lanceolata	Yam Daisy	Roots
Myoporum insulare	Coastal Boobialla	Fruit
Nitraria billardierei	Nitrebush	Fruit
Phragmites australis	Common Reed	Foliage
Pleiogynium timorense	Burdekin Plum	Fruit
Podocarpus drouynianus	Emu Berry	Fruit
Podocarpus elatus	Brown Pine, Plum Pine	Fruit
Podolepis jaceoides	Showy Copper-wire Daisy	Roots
Rhagodia parabolica	Fragrant Saltbush	Foliage
Santalum acuminatum	Quandong	Fruit
Santalum lanceolatum	Plum Bush, Sandalwood	Fruit
Sarcozona praecox	Inland Pigface	Fruit
Solanum aviculare	Kangaroo Apple	Fruit
Solanum laciniatum	Kangaroo Apple	Fruit
Syzygium australe	Creek Lilly Pilly	Fruit
Syzygium luehmannii	Cherry alder	Fruit
Syzygium oleosum		Fruit
Tetragonia implexicoma	Bower Spinach	Foliage
Tetragonia tetragonioides	Botany Bay Spinach	Foliage
Thysanotus patersonii	Twining Fringe-Lily	Tubers

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