Language                            Name

Kriol:                                     Durnda

Marra:                                   Durnda

Ritharrŋu/ Wägilak:            Dhoṉḏa'

Ngandi:                                Ma-dhurndah

Wubuy:                                 Dhuuṉḏa

Ngalakgan:                          Jurndah

Alawa:                               

Rembarrnga:                      

English:                                Bloodroot

Scientific name:                 Haemodorum coccineum

Group name for plants:     Small plants

It grows across northern Australia in a range of habitats in sandy, swampy or rocky soils.

The roots of Bloodroot are used as a red-purple colour dye for Pandanus weaving.

Flowering occurs most of the year except for August and September.

Its growth is dominated by the wet/dry monsoonal climate.
During dry winter, it dies, but its roots survives underground.
It regrows when fresh water arrives (wet summer season).

Bloodroot grows up to 1 metre high.
It has flat, long grass-like leaves and a red-orange flower.