Stand of Eremophila longifolia, also known as Long-leafed Desert Fuchsia and Weeping Emubush, on the Outback Highway near Parachilna.
Fleshy fruit are similar to Native Plum, but are inedible.
Eremophila Longifolia fruiting: Parachilna
Ruby Saltbush fruiting
Enchylaena tomentosa, commonly known as Ruby Saltbush produces a colourful array of sweet edible fruits.
Native Plum fruiting
Santalum lanceolatum is known variously as Native Plum, Bush Plum, Plumbush. As with the related Quandong, it is semi-parasitic in that it will connect its roots to other trees. Seen commonly in the Flinders Ranges in clay and sandy plains and watercourses.
The dark fruit is a bland but palatable bush food, similar looking to the inedible fruit of Eremophila longifolia. Species feeding on the berries include the Singing Honeyeater.
Nitrebush: Copley
Nitraria billardierei, commonly known as Nitrebush, is a spreading perennial seen here in the saline clays around Copley. The sour, salty fruit is a bush food, eaten raw or made into jams and sauces.
Desert Quandong
Santalum acuminatum, also known as the Desert Quandong or Wild Peach, is a nutritious bush tucker. Fruit ripens with warm northerly winds between August and October. Quandong fruit is very high in vitamin C and can be harvested when fresh or dried. Nuts contain rich edible kernels with antibacterial properties.
Myoporum montanum flowering and fruiting
Local Boobialla (Myoporum montanum), known locally as Myrtle, commonly seen around water catchments in the Flinders Ranges.
Bush Banana fruiting
Known as the bush banana, native pear or Mayaka, Marsdenia australis is a climber produces palatable fruit early in the season. Here is a near developed seed pod (70mm), too fibrous to eat. On maturity it would naturally split open and release fluffy plumes of airborne seeds.
