Balga
English common name: Blackboy
Latin name: Xanthorrhoea preissii
Comments: Plant up to 5m grows on coastal plain; gum from flower spike used for cakes; leaves used for torches; dead flower stem used to make fire; resin used as an adhesive; bardi grubs collected from dying trunks.
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Photo Babs and Bert Wells, DEC.
Photo Laura Stocker
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