Native cashew (Semecarpus australiensis) is a well-known food source for aboriginal people of northeastern Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is also well known that contact with the seeds at a certain stage of growth can cause sever dermatitis in susceptible individuals. To prepare the ...
appropriating small but vital parts of the land for their own exclusive use (waterholes and soaks in particular), and introducing sheep, rabbits and cattle, all three of which ate out previously fertile areas and degraded the ability of the land to carry the native animals that were vital to...
Australian native plant foods are rich sources of micro nutrients. Some better known examples are, the Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) which is a good source of vitamin C, green plum (Buchanania obovata) which is rich in folates and the wattle seeds (Acacia spp.) which are high in ...
Macadamia is a member of the Proteaceous family and is commonly available in New South Wales and central Queensland. Macadamia is also a native Australian tree that can be used to produce biodiesel [28,29]. The color of the seeds are brown, and only the seeds contain oil. The average ...
Brachychiton australis [Broad-leaved Bottle Tree] part of the Sterculiaceae family with Greenish-yellow flowers flowering in Winter-spring avaliable from Australian Native Plants located in Ventura, CA
genome resequence (WGR) data. NT, Northern Territory; QLD, Queensland; SA, South Australia; PC, principal component; WA, Western Australia. Full size image Historically Ninu (greater bilby) were wide ranging, distributed across both arid and temperate regions, while the Yallara (lesser bilby) ...
It was so yummy I kept the seeds and planted them at the front of the RUC. Well, I’m sure you’ve heard of Jack and the Beanstalk –we now have Dianne and the Pumpkin Vine. This baby has decided it just wants to cuddle the front of the RUC. It’s trying to make it’s way...
Structural, physiological and molecular characterisation of the Australian native resurrection grass Tripogon loliiformis (F. Meull) CE Hubb during dehydration and rehydration, Queensland University of Technology (2015) Google Scholar Karbaschi et al., 2016 M.R. Karbaschi, B. Williams, A. Taji,...
Common Myna is also known as Indian Myna. It is brown in colour with a black head and a yellow bill. Common Myna is not native to Australia. It is an introduced species. The feed on almost anything. They mate for life. The Common Myna was introduced into the cane fields of north-eas...
TheAustralian Ringneck(Barnardius zonarius) is a parrotnative to all mainland Australian states. Four sub-species have been identified.Side-by-side comparison of the Australian Ringneck Races. Mallee RingnecksandConclurry Parrotsare found in arid eastern Northern Territory, north-western Queensland an...