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Indigenous Garden

 
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What is the importance of the garden?

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Who are the original owners of the land?

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Plants in the garden

Taro

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Scientific Name

Colocasia esculenta                           

Indigenous Name

Taro                           

Growth Height

0.5 - 2 metres                           

Traditional use: This plant can be found all over the globe and is mainly used as a starch.                            

                          

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Casava

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Scientific Name

Manihot esculenta                             

Indigenous Name

Dindal (Manihot)                             

Traditional use: Used for treating fevers, chills, sore muscles, burns, sores. Used in culinary dishes.
                             

                             

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Lemon Grass

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Scientific Name

Cymbopogon Ambiguus                             

Indigenous Name

Maralngal                             

Traditional Uses: Lemon Grass was traditionally used for medicinal purposes due to the citrus flavour leading the belief of chest pain relief, treating colds skin sores, headaches and inflammation.
Culinary uses: Lemon grass was used in traditional dishes for flavouring.                              

                             

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Yams

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Scientific Name

Dioscorea transversa                             

Indigenous Name

Mabi                             

Traditional Uses: crushed into poultice and applied to wounds. used as insect repellent. Also used in culinary, roasted, baked or eaten raw.                              

                             

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Sweet Potato

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Scientific Name

Pomoea Costata                             

Indigenous Name

Pomoea Batatas                             

Traditional Uses: Used for culinary dishes and raw consumption. Roots were valued by desert groups for their stored moisture.                             

                             

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Lemon Myrtle

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Scientific Name

Backhousia citriodora                            

Colloquial Name

Lemon Myrtle                            

Traditional Uses: Aboriginal Australians use lemon myrtle in cuisine and as a healing herb. It is known to have a "cleaner and sweeter" aroma than comparable sources of citral-lemongrass and Litsea cubeba.                            

                            

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Sugar Cane

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Scientific Name

Saccharum officinarum                             

Indigenous Name

Goru                             

Traditional Uses: Used for medicinal properties for treating skin sores and cooling. The sweeter inner pith of the sugar cane was brewed raw as a natural bush sugar and quick energy source
                             

                             

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PNG Spinach

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Scientific Name

Crassocephalum Crepidioides                             

Indigenous Name

Okinawa Spinach (Aibikawa)                             

Traditional Uses: Used to treat conditions such as hypertension as it was believed to have anti-inflammatory properties. Used in cooking, for things such as stew.                             

                             

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Native Passionfruit

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Scientific Name

Passiflora herbertiana                             

Colloquial Name

Native Passion Fruit                             

Traditional Uses: This is included in the Tasmanian Fire Service's list of low flammability plants, indicating that it is suitable for growing within a building protection zone.                             

                             

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Lady Finger Bananas

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Scientific Name

Musa Acuminata                             

Indigenous Name

N/A                             

Preparation: In southeast Asian cultures, they are often used in traditional dishes like banana foster and are popular in deserts like Num Ansom Chek.                             

                             

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Last reviewed 24 August 2026
Last updated 24 August 2026