Language                                     Name

Kriol:                                              Mulalu

Marra:                                           Mulalu

Ritharrŋu/Wägilak:                     Räkay    

Ngandi:                                        Marakgay  

Wubuy:                                         Madiga   

Ngalakgan:                                  Rlaway      

Alawa:                                          Mulalu   

Rembarrnga:                               Mulalu   

English:                                       Water Chestnut  

Scientific Name:                        Eleocharis dulcis

Group name for plants           Aquatic (water) plants 

'We use this for bedding and for huts if we have to camp out. We also eat the under ground nuts after roasting in the fire.'

Daphne Daniels

The small round corms (underground nuts) are used as food across northern Australia, Asia, tropical Africa and islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The dense growing habitat is an important habitat for many animals like Magpie Goose.

This smooth stemmed grassy plant grows to 1m tall along the edges of wetlands and floodplains.