QUANDONG

by Zac
English Name: Quandong
Scientific Name: Santalum acuminatum
Arrernte Name: merne pmerlpe
Luritja Name: mangata

DESCRIPTION
The Quandong tree is about four metres high. The fruit looks like red and pink together when it's ripe. It is a root parasite.

HABITAT
The Quandong tree grows in woodlands.

COLLECTING AND EATING
It's eaten raw and you can eat the skin and the flesh and inside the seed. You can also cook it and eat it, even when it's dry. Kids use the seeds as marbles. The inside of the seed is used as medicine.