Kakadu Plum (Gubinge)
Terminalia ferdinandiana
About Kakadu Plum (Gubinge)
Kakadu Plum (Gubinge) (Terminalia ferdinandiana) is a herb used in the Aboriginal Australian Medicine tradition to help with Immune Support, Wound Healing, Antioxidant, and Skin Health, among 13 other conditions it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Terminalia ferdinandiana, most commonly known as the Kakadu plum and also called the gubinge, billygoat plum, green plum, salty plum, murunga, mador and other names, is a flowering plant in the family Combretaceae, native to Australia, widespread throughout the tropical woodlands from north-western Australia to eastern Arnhem Land. Used as a traditional bush food and bush medicine for centuries, the fruit has especially high levels of vitamin C.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist