BY EBONIE WALKER

The aboriginal for this plant is bajila.

When it is raw it is

green and shaped

like a football. When

it is ripe it is yellow

on the outside and

red on the inside.

You suck on it and

spit out the seeds.

The aboriginal for this plant is Malhanggaa

This bush

medicine is

called

lemongrass. It

is best when it

is dry for head

aches and

colds.

theThe aboriginal for this plant is Garliwirri.

You can use the

Garliwirri as a bush

food or a bush

medicine. To eat it you

put it in the fire. It has

a part inside it like a

coconut and you chew

it like chewing gum. To

use it as a bush

medicine you cook it,

smash it up and put it

on your hair. It keeps it

dark.

English Name: Honey AntScientific Name: Camponotus inflatus

You collect honey ants by digging a big hole with a shove. To eat a honey ant, you pick it up by the

head and put the abdomen in your mouth and bite it.

English Name: Wild figScientific Name: Ficus platypoda

A wild fig looks like a marble. You have to wait until they are red because if you eat it when its white you will get sick.

Wild fig grows in hilly country, near waterholes and is really bushy.