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Castanospermum is a monotypic genus in the legume family Fabaceae.The sole species is Castanospermum australe, commonly known as Moreton Bay chestnut or black bean, [1] [6] [7] which is native to rainforested areas on the east coast of Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, and to the southwest Pacific islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia [3] [8]
Australian native spices have become more widely recognized and used by non-Indigenous people since the early 1980s as part of the bushfood industry, with increasing gourmet use and export. [2] [3] They can also be used as a fresh product. Leaves can be used whole, like a bay-leaf in cooking, or spicy fruits are added to various dishes for flavour.
The term "bushfood" is one of several terms describing native Australian food, evolving from the older-style "bush tucker" which was used in the 1970s and 1980s. [ citation needed ] In the 21st century, many restaurants are serving emu, crocodile, yabbies and locally sourced eels , and using native plant spices for flavour.
Cherikoff also contributed to Jennifer Isaacs' book, Bush Food and authored The Bushfood Handbook and Uniquely Australian, A wildfood cookbook which publicly defined the emerging industry. In the mid-1980s, several Australian-themed restaurants opened-up in Sydney.
Hakea laurina is a shrub or small tree commonly known as kodjet or pin-cushion hakea [3] and is endemic to Western Australia. The Noongar name for the plant is kodjet or kojet . [ 4 ] It has red and cream conspicuous globular flowers and lance shaped leaves.
Some species have common names including emu bush, poverty bush or fuchsia bush, [2] reflecting the belief that emus eat the fruit, their arid environment or a superficial resemblance to the flowers of plants in the genus Fuchsia.
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Ipomoea costata, commonly known as rock morning glory, is an Australian native plant. [2] It is found in northern Australia, from Western Australia, through the Northern Territory, to Queensland. [3] Its tubers provide a form of bush tucker to some Aboriginal peoples, known as bush potato, [4] or (to the Ngururrpa groups in WA), karnti. [5]