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Edible Australian Acacias, A "New" - "Old" Food For Semi Arid Zones

 


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Edible Australian Acacias, A "New" - "Old" Food For Semi Arid Zones

Tony Rinaudo

The seed of some fifty Australian dry-zone acacia species are a traditional food of Australian Aboriginal people. In Australia they have not been domesticated and until recently have had a low status as “outback bush plants.”