gurarda

Definition

a type of wattle tree with edible gum, seeds and bardi. Also used for making boomerangs; a favourite food, seeds were/are eaten raw or mashed up when green, or when ground into a flour when dry. The ash is used on wounds as an antiseptic. The wood is used to make boomerangs and hitting sticks. Gurarda is also used for killing warts; the point is poked into the wart to break it up and kill the roots; small seeds said to be carried by ants to their holes and to be eaten by a certain small lizard, the windilyarra

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tree, kurara

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gurarda

a type of wattle tree with edible gum, seeds and bardi. Also used for making boomerangs; a favourite food, seeds were/are eaten raw or mashed up when green, or when ground into a flour when dry. The ash is used on wounds as an antiseptic. The wood is used to make boomerangs and hitting sticks. Gurarda is also used for killing warts; the point is poked into the wart to break it up and kill the roots; small seeds said to be carried by ants to their holes and to be eaten by a certain small lizard, the windilyarra