Bush Tucker Plant Food - All

NEW: Australian Bush Food Plant Quiz (Bush Tucker and Edible Weeds).

This page shows the native bush tucker plant foods all on the one page, rather than grouped according to which part of the plant is edible like on the bush tucker plant index page. The plant foods are listed in alphabetical order of genus (the genus is the first word in the two-word scienfitic name of the plant, the second word is the species). I haven't added the "weeds" from the weeds page, since there are a lot of them already, and they are usually found in different areas to the native plants. (Specifically, the native plants are mostly found in undisturbed bushland, while the "weeds" are mostly found in and around human settlement.) I also haven't added the medicial plants which have no edible parts.

Note that only certain parts of these plants are edible, not the whole plant.

See also: Bush Tucker Plant Foods Index

This page shows some bush tucker plant foods that can be found in the Sydney and Blue Mountains regions. Most of them can be found in other parts of Australia, and a some are found in other parts of the world also.

WARNING: Never eat plants that are growing in an area where they may have been sprayed with pesticides or herbicides (weed killers), or where the water supply to the area could be polluted, such as from urban or industrial run-off. Never eat any part of any wild growing plant unless you are certain you can identify it. Being certain means you have developed a maturity of skill in identifying plants. It does not mean you are pretty sure it looks just like "that plant you saw once on some website".

Click on the pictures to show more information about each of the different food species.


Acacia Wattle
Amyema Mistletoe Parasitic shrub
Banksia Native Honeysuckle
Billardiera scandens Apple Berry Twining vine
Breynia oblongifolia Coffee Bush Berries turn red when ripe
Caladenia Lady Fingers Ground Orchids
Carpobrotus Pigface
Cassytha Devil's Twine, Dodder Laurel Twining climber
Cissus Native Grapes Vines
Commelina cyanea Scurvy Weed, Native Wandering Jew This is not the introduced "Wandering Jew" or "Trad" with white flowers.
Eustrephus latifolius Wombat Berry Twining climber
Exocarpus Native Cherry
Ficus coronata Sandpaper Fig
Gahnia Swordgrass
Geitonoplesium cymosum Scrambling Lily
Glossodia Waxlip Orchids Ground orchids
Glycine tabacina Love Creeper
Ipomoea cairica Coastal Morning Glory Some Ipomoea species are poisonous
Insect Galls
Lepironia articulata Grey Sedge Freshwater plant with tall round stems
Lomandra longifolia Mat-Rush
Macrozamia and Lepidozamia Cycads / Burrawangs These seeds are highly toxic unless prepared properly
Morinda jasminoides Sweet Morinda, Native Jasmine
Parsonsia straminea Common Silkpod Twining climber
Passiflora Passionfruit Introduced
Persoonia linearis Narrow-leaved Geebung Shrub or small tree
Smilax Native Sarsaparilla
Solanum Nightshades Some Solanum species are poisonous, and many edible species have poisonous lookalikes
Syzygium smithii (Acmena smithii) Common Lilly Pilly Shrub or tree to 20 metres high
Tetragonia Tetragonoides New Zealand Spinach
Thysanotus tuberosus Common Fringed Lily
Trachymene incisa Wild Parsnip
Triglochin Water Ribbons
Typha Bulrush / Cattails
Xanthorrhoea Grass Tree

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