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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]
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.
The sole species in the genus is Leucophyta brownii, also known as cushion bush. [4] In 1891, German botanist Otto Kuntze assigned a number of species to this genus in his publication Revisio Generum Plantarum but none of his name combinations have currency, those species being presently divided between the genera Balladonia , Blennospora ...
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.
Vigna lanceolata, known as the pencil yam, [citation needed] native bean, [1] Maloga bean, [1] [2] parsnip bean, [1] [2] Ngarlajiyi, [3] small yam, [3] yam, [1] bush carrot, [3] Wapurtali, [3] Wapirti, [3] and Wajaraki [3] is an Australian native plant. Its name in the Arrernte language of Central Australia is Merne arlatyeye. [citation needed]
Small-scale trial commercial production of native food plants started to occur in the late 1980s, especially in northern New South Wales. In 1994, the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation and Greening Australia co-sponsored a conference on growing bushfoods near Lismore.
Erythrina vespertilio is a tree native to north and north-east Australia. Its common names are grey corkwood , bat's wing coral tree , [ 1 ] yulbah [ 2 ] and the more ambiguous " bean tree ". In the Western Desert language it is known as ininti and the in Arrernte and Anmatyerr it is known as atywerety .
It is also known as the native orange, [4] native pomegranate, and bumble tree. [5] It is known in the Arrernte language of Central Australia as merne atwakeye , in the Adnyamathanha language of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia as iga [ 6 ] or iga warta , [ 7 ] and in the Gamilaraay language as bambul .