Fabaceae
1953 edible species
Legume family with nitrogen-fixing roots; includes beans, peas, lentils, peanuts, and alfalfa.
Early-flowering black wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Coast Golden wattle, Smooth-leaf wattle
Edible: Gum
North Coast Wattle
Edible: Gum
Kuteera-Gum, White-barked acacia.
Edible: Seed
Umbrella bush, Small Cooba Wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Grub
Wanderry Mulga, Horse Mulga
Edible: Pods
Nelia
Edible: Resin, Seeds
Coast wattle, Sydney golden wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Grub, Flowers, Pods
Coastal wattle, Boobyalla
Edible: Gum, Grub, Seeds, Flowers
Swollen-spined acacia
Edible: Gum, Fruit
Turpentine wattle
Edible: Seeds, Grub
Irrara
Edible: Seeds
Bush bean, Mullan wattle
Edible: Seeds
Zig-zag wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Seed pod
Edible: Leaves
Maitland’s wattle
Edible: Seeds, Grubs, Gum
Hickory Wattle, Brown sandalwood
Edible: Roots, Seeds, Vegetable
Late black wattle
Edible: Gum, Seeds
Australian blackwood
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Edible: Fruit, Gum
Black thorn, Hook-thorn
Edible: Gum, Leaves, Fruit, Pods
Manna wattle, Gum Wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Desert mulga
Edible: Insect galls
Edible: Gum, Leaves
Red Wattle, Turpentine
Edible: Seeds, Roots
Brandberg acacia
Edible: Seeds, Bark - drink
Narrow-leaved wattle
Edible: Seeds
Murray’s wattle, Colony wattle
Edible: Seeds, Grub, Gum
Myrtle wattle, Red-stem wattle
Edible: Leaves - flavouring
Edible: Bark, Gum
Oleander wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Edible: Gum, Pods, Fruit, Leaves, Seeds
Edible: Pods, Shoots, Leaves
Black babool
Edible: Seeds, Pods, Leaves, Bark, Gum, Vegetable
Scented thorn
Edible: Gum, Pods - flavouring
Gum arabic tree, Egyptian mimosa
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Pods
Black wattle, Flinder’s wattle
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Fruit
Mt Olga wattle
Edible: Seeds, Grubs
Edible: Seed
Yarran, Gidya tree
Edible: Seeds, Gum
A Silver Wattle
Edible: Flowers
Umbrella wattle, Umbrella acacia
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds
Desert wattle
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds, Roots
Needlewood
Edible: Pods, Seeds
Western myall
Edible: Fruit
Kangaroo Thorn, Paradox acacia
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Fruit ?, Medicine
Weeping myall
Edible: Gum, Seeds
Cha-om
Edible: Leaves, Shoots, Pods, Vegetable,Bark
Edible: Leaves
Feather acacia
Edible: Pods, Seeds, Sap
Mountain hickory
Edible: Gum
Apple-scented thorn
Edible: Gum
Ghost wattle
Edible: Fruit ?
Mount Morgan Wattle
Edible: Flowers, Seeds
White thorn
Edible: Gum, Seeds, Spice
Prain's wattle, Desert sand wattle
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Leaves
Black gidgee
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Honeydew, Roots
Edible: Seeds
Golden wattle, Australian Golden Wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Flower nectar
Kanji bush
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Horse mulga, Narrow-leaf Mulga
Edible: Seeds, Gall
Edible: Bark
Silky acacia, Silky thorn
Edible: Shoots
Wirilda, Swamp Wattle
Edible: Seeds, Flowers, Pods, Gum
Net-veined wattle
Edible: Seeds, Grub
Needle wattle
Edible: Seeds
Silver Wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Sickle-pod splendid acacia
Edible: Gum
Summer-scented wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Edible: Shoots, Leaves
Edible: Seeds
Coobah, Willow Wattle
Edible: Seeds
Golden wreath wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Edible: Seeds
Limestone wattle
Edible: Seeds
White thorn, White-galled acacia
Edible: Gum, Bark - tea
Lancewood
Edible: Seeds
Coastal Wattle, Acacia
Edible: Flowers, Seed
Glory Wattle, Eumung
Edible: Flowers
River cooba, Eumong
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Leaves
Tjilpirinja, Kulaiaan
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Hop Wattle, Straight Wattle
Edible: Seeds
Olive barked thorn
Edible: Gum
Sweet scented wattle
Edible: Seeds, Leaves - tea
Bardi bush
Edible: Pods, Seeds
Mulga, Narrow-leaved Wattle
Edible: Seeds, Grubs
Sunshine wattle
Edible: Seeds
Dead Finish, Kurara
Edible: Seeds, Grubs
Edible: Fruit, Pod, Seeds, Gum
Torulosa Wattle, Deep-gold wattle
Edible: Gum, Seeds, Pods
Poverty Bush
Edible: Seeds, Grub
Sickle-leaf wattle, Pindan wattle
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Limestone Wattle
Edible: Seeds
Juniper wattle, Prickly Moses
Edible: Seeds