Gardenia keartlandii
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Description
A shrub or small tree. It grows 2.5 m high. The leaves are oval. The flowers are small and green. The fruit is large, round and fleshy.
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Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten raw and have a cucumber-like taste.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw. They taste like cucumber.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in open forest.
Where It Grows
Australia*,
Notes
There are about 200 Gardenia species.
Also Known As
Enibinibungwaya
References (2)
- Lazarides, M. & Hince, B., 1993, Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia, CSIRO. p 118
- Levitt, D., 1981, Plants and people. Aboriginal uses of plants on Groote Eylandt. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. p 120
