Wattles: Aboriginal Use of Native Plants

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Aboriginal Use of Native Plants

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Wattles

Acacia species

<i>Acacia salicina</i> at Mt Annan Botanic Gardens

Leaves of A. salicina (Cooba or Willow-leaved Wattle ), used by Aborigines to stun fish to make catching easier

Acacia aneura or mulga wattle used for spears, shields and wattle seed for food

Flowers and seed pods on Mulga wattle, Mt Annan Boatnic Gardens

seed pods on Mulga wattle, Mt Annan Boatnic Gardens

For further information:

For other images

The Acacia Page - from Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
Acacia - An Introduction - from Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
Mulga: Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Bent. - from Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
Edible Acacias - from Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
In Appreciation of the Common Black Wattle - from Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
VELVET WATTLE: Acacia holosericea - from Society for Growing Australian Plants Queensland
Wattle uses - from World Wide Wattle, not all mentioned are Australian wattles
Wurrundjeri wattles - from World Wide Wattle
Acacia in Australia: Ethnobotany and Potential Food Crop - from Center for New Crop and Plant Production, Purdue University
Acacia salicina Cooba - from Herbarium Charles Sturt University
Wattle Seed (Acacia), Ground - from Food Standards Australia and New Zealand
NUTTAB 2006 Online Version: Indigenous Foods - from Food Standards Australia and New Zealand, see Acacias

The Genus Acacia - from Australian National Botanic Gardens
Stock Library: Bush Tucker - stock photographs of bush tucker plants, note these photographs are copyright
Stock Library: Bush Tucker - stock photographs of bush tucker plants, note these photographs are copyright
Stock Library: Bush Tucker - stock photographs of bush tucker plants, note these photographs are copyright

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