Language                                                          Name 

Gamilaraay/Gamilaroi/Kamilaroi                  

Yuwaalaraay:                                                    Burra   

Yuwaalayaay:                                                    Burra

Common name:                                               Thorny Salt Bush, Ruby Salt Bush

Scientific name:                                                Enchylaena tomentosa

LOOK LIKE?

Fruit look like little tomatoes in yellow, red, pink colours

TASTE LIKE?

Sweet and has a big seed inside

Food: 

1. Fruit: eaten raw (not very much)
2. Fruit: soaked in water as drink
3. Leaves: boiled eaten as vegetable

Clothing:

1. Fruit: used as dye

Healing:

       1. the plants are good for healing the soil. The roots are hardy and don't take a lot to grow. The roots break the soil up and heal the soil

everywhere

they are very tough