Edible Root Stalk

  1. Bush cassava, Ampelocissus acetosa (This is a prickly vine which grows on other trees. It has a long edible fruit which is cooked like a potato.)
  2. Grass lily, Aponogeton elongatus
  3. Bush grape, Cayratia trifolia
  4. Forest cotton tree or kapok tree, Cochlospermum gillivraei
  5. Forest cotton tree or kapok tree, reported as being similar to Cochlospermum gillivraei
  6. Round yam or carrow yam, Dioscorea bulbifera
  7. Long yam, Dioscorea transversa
  8. Bulguruw, Eleocharis brassii (This plant has edible nuts which must be dug underneath the plant, like peanut. It is very sweet. They are ready at the end of the wet.)
  9. Lily root, Nymphoides gigantea
  10. Reed, Triglochin procera dubia
  11. Reed, Triglochin sp.
  12. Dog's dick lily, Typhonium angustilobium
  13. Lily sp.
  14. Lily pad sp.
  15. Forest onion
  16. Lily, Aristolochia pubera
  17. Herb sp., Cartonema spicata
    • egng akem (Olkangand)
    • egng edhangal (Uw Ilbmbanhdhiy)
    • mayi thalpin (Pakanh)
  18. Forest yam, Ipomoea sp.?
    • egng oyorrng (Olkola, Oykangand)
  19. White turnip, Microstemma sp.
    • egng aygnggal (Olkola, Oykangand)
    • yuku mayi (Pakanh)
  20. Lily root (Note: this is similar to egng alwar.)
    • uk oday (Oykangand)
© 1997 Kowanyama Aboriginal Community and Philip Hamilton
Created: Mon Mar 17 1997;