BUSH BANANA

by Dallas
English Name: Bush Banana
Scientific Name: Marsdenia australis
Arrernte Name: langkwe
Luritja Name: ipalu

DESCRIPTION
A bush banana is a vine with a little green oval shaped fruit called a banana. It has to grow near trees because it will die if it lives on plains or in hills. The trees help by giving shade and support.

HABITAT
The bush banana lives in nearly every habitat, but mostly it lives in woodlands and creeks.

COLLECTING AND EATING
When you eat the bush banana you will have to peel the skin like a normal banana. First get the banana off the plant and then wash the dirty sand off it. If you see a dry fruit you can cook it. You can even eat the flowers and leaves that are on there. They taste just like the bush banana.