Want to hear a (coco)NUTTY FACT?⠀
This can be a tough nut to crack, but the Bush Coconut can be nutritious bush tucker 🥥🌿⠀
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The Aranda People, an Aboriginal tribe living in the Arrente lands of Central Australia, have eaten this product, known as Merne arrkirlpangkwerle.⠀
The woody round gall can be split open and inside is a white nutritious flesh lining tasting like a coconut, and a small grub-like insect that can also be eaten and is full of water 🥥🐛💦⠀
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Thanks to @perennialle_plants for this great bush food photo!⠀
#roogenic #nativetea #bushfood #bushcoconut⠀
#arealtasteofaustralia #australianbushfood