Capparis mitchellii or Wild Orange is an evergreen, fruit bearing plant native to Australia. Fruit is reminiscent of oranges but neither related to oranges or to the Osage-Orange. Fruit is a tasteful bush tucker food, although slightly astringent, and a good source of vitamins C and B1
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Buchanania arborescens or Little Gooseberry Tree, is an evergreen, fruit bearing tree, native to monsoon tropical forests of northern Australia, South-East Asia and the Solomon Islands. Fruit is edible, consumed fresh but also used in sweets and confectionery products. Seeds are also eaten and reputed as a substitute for almonds.
Manilkara kauki or Wongi Plum is a tropical, fruit bearing tree found from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia to Northern Queensland in Australia. Fruit is
The Sandpaper Fig, Ficus opposite, also known as Sweet Sandpaper Fig and Sweet Fig is native to the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia and New Guinea. Sandpaper Fig grows as either a shrub or small tree reaching to 10meters in height. It is a beautiful sub-tropical fruit bearing tree suited to large or small [...]
The Native Tamarind – Diploglottis australis, is a medium to tall evergreen, fruit bearing tree, growing up to 35meters in the sub-tropical and dry rain-forest of its native Northern Australia. Young trees will grow straight up with a small spiral of leaves until they reach the forest canopy when they begin to branch. Mature large [...]
acronychal acidula is a tropical and subtropical tree, native of Australia, bearing edible, aromatic fruit but somewhat acidic. The fruit is popular in beverages, sauces, chutneys and relishes and flavored mineral water. Tree propagation can be carried out from fresh seed which germinates well.



