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The finger lime, Citrus australasica, is a thorny shrub or small tree native to the rainforests of eastern Australia. Its elongated fruits contain separate, bead-like juice vesicles that burst when eaten, leading to the culinary description citrus caviar. The fruit occurs in several skin and pulp co...
A semi-parasitic shrub native to arid inland Australia producing bright red fruits eaten by Aboriginal Australians for thousands of years, now used in jams and sauces.
A rainforest tree endemic to eastern Australia producing small pink-red berries eaten by Aboriginal Australians and now featured in commercial bush food products.
A shrub native to southeastern Australia whose peppery berries and leaves are commercially harvested in Tasmania as a native spice, substituting for black pepper.
A low-growing groundcover native to southern Australia producing small apple-flavored berries that were a staple food for Aboriginal peoples of South Australia.
A small fruit of the Australian arid zone, kutjera was a staple bush tucker for Aboriginal Australians and is among the most vitamin C-rich plant foods known per gram.
An Australian conifer native to coastal New South Wales and Queensland, notable as one of the very few conifers that produce edible purple fleshy fruits.
A rainforest tree endemic to Queensland, Australia, lemon aspen produces small yellow fruits with sharp citrus flavor used in Indigenous bush tucker and contemporary cuisine.
A coastal shrub native to Queensland and the Northern Territory, cedar bay cherry produces small edible red fruits belonging to the Myrtaceae family.
An Australian succulent groundcover, pigface produces edible salty-sweet fruits long consumed as bush tucker by Aboriginal Australians and used in coastal dune stabilization.
