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paradisi · 07-20-2008, 10:12 PM

Since moving to Dicky Beach about 5 years ago I've seen a lot of the suburb and the beaches and dunes and noticed all of hte wild fruiting plants around the place.

Here's a list of what I've found within an hurs walk of home - what do you have growing nearby - and just ready for the taking?

monsteria deliciosa - the plants and the fruit
guava - several types, cherry, yellow, and a yellow as big as a baseball
lilli pilli - dozens of types - nearly all edible, some very nice
loquat
bananas (I think they are ladyfinger - the possums use them as a food source - our possums are nothing like the ones you have in the USA)
prickly pear
pigs face (Disphyma australe and Google Image Result for http://www.hartill.net/Oz/Images/IMG_1670.jpg can't find the botanical name for it)
oranges, lemons, rough lemon, olives, midyim berry,
blue quandong (supposed to be edible, I think the books have just used edible to describe something that isn't poisonous - a foul tasting fruit)

and more that don't come to mind just yet

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paradisi The news from Dicky Beach paradisi's Photo Gallery Location: Dicky Beach, Australia Find me on the map! Name: paradisi Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 107 BananaBucks : 93,059 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 41 Times Was Thanked 82 Times in 37 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	wild food plants near you Since moving to Dicky Beach about 5 years ago I've seen a lot of the suburb and the beaches and dunes and noticed all of hte wild fruiting plants around the place. Here's a list of what I've found within an hurs walk of home - what do you have growing nearby - and just ready for the taking? monsteria deliciosa - the plants and the fruit guava - several types, cherry, yellow, and a yellow as big as a baseball lilli pilli - dozens of types - nearly all edible, some very nice loquat bananas (I think they are ladyfinger - the possums use them as a food source - our possums are nothing like the ones you have in the USA) prickly pear pigs face (Disphyma australe and Google Image Result for http://www.hartill.net/Oz/Images/IMG_1670.jpg can't find the botanical name for it) oranges, lemons, rough lemon, olives, midyim berry, blue quandong (supposed to be edible, I think the books have just used edible to describe something that isn't poisonous - a foul tasting fruit) and more that don't come to mind just yet __________________ The universe is my eyes and ears. All else is hearsay.