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WILD FIG

by Dallas
English Name: Wild fig
Scientific Name: Ficus platypoda
Arrernte Name: Merne utyerrke
Luritja Name: Witjirrki

DESCRIPTION
A wild fig looks like a marble. You have to wait until they are red because if you eat it when its white you will get sick.

HABITAT
Wild fig grows in hilly country, near waterholes and is really bushy.

COLLECTING AND EATING
To get wild figs you climb up the hill and find it. You pick only the red part. When they are dark and shriveled, you mash them into a ball and eat them.