On reading a wonderful Australian book "Dark Emu" I was keen to create a list of all plant species listed within it. This page links from my Goodreads review of the book.
Table depicting plants identified in “Dark
Emu; Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture”, Bruce Pascoe, 2018,
paperback, 277 pages, Magabala Books, as edible
Identified to whether the plant is also identified in “Wild
Food in Australia”, A.B & J.W. Cribb, paperback, 2nd edition,
1987, 284 pages, Fontana
Common name
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Latin Name
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In Wild Food
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Comment
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Warran plant
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Discorea hastifolia
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A yam
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Muroong
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Microsons lanceolata
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A yam
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Panicum laevinode
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Grass
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||
Barley grass or native millet
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Panicum decompositum
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Yes
|
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Coopers clover
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Trigonella sauvissima
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Yes
|
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Nardoo
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Marsilea drummondi
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Yes
|
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Onion grass
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Cyperus bulbosus
|
||
Australian banana
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Musa acuminana
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Kurumi
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Tetracornia avancea
|
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Bulrush
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Balyan
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Yes
|
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Native catgrass
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Themeda arborea
|
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Native sorghum
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Sorghum leiocladum
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Vanilla lily
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Arthropodium milleforum
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Yes
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Kangaroo grass
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Themeda triandra
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Shalom,
