Large, gnarly seed pods are produced after good rains. Occurs sporadically mostly on gravely hills or along watercourses throughout the northern arid parts of the NT and WA.
Bushfood , Traditional Use: The green seeds are harvested and eaten. Warlpiri and Pintupi people used fibre from the inner bark as bandages or for making bark sandals.
A 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, specialising in plants native to the arid central Australian region.
The Garden has over 600 central Australian plant species, including 145 occurring naturally and 40 rare or threatened.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden acknowledges the Arrernte people as traditional owners of the land we work and grow on.
