Disclaimer
The following information has been derived from various sources (See book list at right). Farmgate Natives supplies this information only as a guide and does not recommend these plants for food, medicinal or other uses. Users must do their own research as to the correct identification of plants supplied by Farmgate Natives if they wish to use them for food, medicinal or other purposes as some plants may have harmful effects if not identified correctly. |
Useful resources
1. “The Bush Food Handbook” Cherikoff, Vic 1997 2. ‘Australian Medicinal Plants” Lassack, EV andMcCarthy,T 3. “Wild Food Plants” Low, Tim 1991 4. “Wiradjuri Plant Use in the Murrumbidgee Catchment” Williams, Alice 2008 5. “Australia Native Plants – cultivation, use in landscaping and propagation” Wrigley, John W. and Fagg, Murray 2003 6. “Ngunnawal Plant Use – a traditional Aboriginal plant use guide for the ACT region” ACT Government , Canberra 2014 |
Local Indigenous plants for food, fibre and/or medicine grown by Farmgate Natives
Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle)
Acacia mearnsii (Green Wattle) Ajuga australis (Australe bugle) Arthropodium milleflorum (Vanilla lily) Banksia marginata (Silver Banksia) Brachychiton populneus (Kurrajong) Bulbine bulbosa (Native Leek) Callistemon sieberi (River Bottlebrush) Carex appressa (Tall Sedge) Clematis aristata Clematis microphylla (Old Man’s Beard, Goats Beard, Headache Vine) Dianella longifolia (Pale Flax Lily) Dianella revoluta ssp revoluta (Black Anther or Spreading Flax Lily) Dianella tasmanica (Tasman Flax Lily) Dichopogon fimbriatus (Chocolate Lily) |
Einadia nutans (Climbing Saltbush)
Eucalyptus dives (Broad Leaf Peppermint) Glycine clandestine (Twining Glycine) Hardenbergia violacea (False Sarsparilla) Indigofera australis (Austral Indigo) Linum marginale (Native Flax) Lomandra longifolia ssp longifolia (Long Leaf Mat Rush) Mentha australis (Forest Mint) Microseris lanceolata (Yam Daisy) Poa labillardieri (Tussock Grass) Podolepis jaceoides (Showy Copper Wire Daisy) Prostanthera rotundifolia (Round-leaf Mint Bush) Solanum linearifolium Kangaroo Apple) Tasmannia lanceolata (Mountain Pepper) Themeda australis (Kangaroo Grass) Thysanotus tuberosus (Common Fringe Lily) Wahlenbergia stricta (Tall Bluebell) |