AUSTRALIAN Wild Food and uses for the Iconic - Grass Tree (Black-Boy) Xanthorrhoea

Australian Wild Food and uses for the Iconic - Grass Tree (Black-Boy) Xanthorrhoea

Hi everyone and welcome back to another video.
Today's video we look at on of Australia's most iconic trees the Grass Tree.

Grass trees have a lot of great uses and they are as follows:

Food- did u know the stems of the grass tree can be pulled up and eaten?
These stems contain a lot of vitamins, minerals, sugars and carbohydrates. Making these a very handy bush survival food.

Fire starters- The flower spike makes one of Australia's best woods to use to start a fire. Fire by friction method by using either a hand drill method or a bow drill method which i demonstrate how easy it is later on in the video.

Traditional Weaponry- For a very long time the Aboriginal people would gather up the stalks of the flower spike and use them to make their primitive spears and arrows and were effective in hunting using these weapons.

Glue or resin pitch- Around the trunk of the tree you can commonly find large amounts of resin. This resin was then melted down and combined with fire charcoal and ash, then mixed in with kangaroo scat to form a really strong glue. They would use this glue to then attach spears and arrows to their weaponry.

If you become lost out in the bush and need to find a food source, please be very cautious as to what you are eating. Simply put, if you are unsure don't eat it. Researching the types of wild Australian edibles is highly recommended before hand and is a great knowledge to have.

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