Language                             Name

Kriol:                                      Wail kasaba

Marra:                                    Jiwurru

Ritharrŋu/ Wägilak:             Dhandiwulk; Buḻyapuḻya

Ngandi:                                 Gu-dhiwirrh

Wubuy:                                  Lhiirrj

Ngalakgan:                           Jiwurru

Alawa:                                   Yanburraburra

Rembarrnga:                         

English:                                  Wild Cassava

Scientific name:                   Cochlospermum gillivraei

Group name for plants:        Trees

Found in rocky areas in an open forests and monsoon forests.

'Roots of young plants are pulled out of ground and eaten raw. Has green fruits like mangoes for eating.'

     - Alawa Dictionary (p. 83)

Its bright yellow flowers appear in the dry season. The flowers turn into a big green fruit that produces white “cotton” wing seeds that blow in the wind.

Wild Cassava grows to 7m and is deciduous (loses its leaves) in the dry season.