Language                                                  Name

Noongar-Wudjari (W8):                           Bibi djet

Noongar-Nyoongar/Baaduk (W41):      Mimi djet

Common name:                                        Milkwort, Dencorub plant

Scientific name:                                        Comesperma confertum

Group name for Plants

Wudjari:                                                      Dek

Nyoongar/Baaduk:                                   Dek

Group name for Flowers

Wudjari:                                                       Djet

Nyoongar/Baaduk:                                    Djet

Nyoongar:                        Mimi = breast, djet = flower.

Looks like:                    
Wudjari: Purple flowers with green stems.
Nyoongar: Very pretty purple flower, looks almost like lavender, but more bright pinkish purple. Pretty when it is flowering. Spindly plant - single stems coming out of the ground.

Feels like:
Nyoongar: Very strong, stringy type of stem and goes through the ground into the root system and that strength stays all the way up the stem to the flower. 

Tastes like: 
Nyoongar: It would burn your mouth so this plant would not be eaten.

Smells like:                   
Wudjari: The roots smell like Dencorub or Deep Heat ointments.
Nyoongar: Root smells like dencorub/deep heat; quite pungent.

Food:
 

Medicine:
Wudjari: Long white root used for chest/nose medicine to open your airways and sinuses. Good for bruises.
Nyoongar: For chest infections or aching joints. Used like dencorub by crushing the root and rubbing it on the affected area, or carrying it with you. Smelling the root clears your sinuses. 

Other: 
Wudjari: Used to make room smell different - put it under pillow.

Nyoongar: The stem itself is very strong, so you could use it for string or even a whip.

Nyoongar: Sandy areas, near the coast - Albany right through to Israelite Bay. You don't see it inland.

Nyoongar: Very beautiful, but very strong. Gives a sticky, milky sap for medicine.

Nyoongar: Strongly medicinal.

Nyoongar: Flowers in Djilba, Kambarang (spring), going into Birak (summer).

Birak
Nyoongar: Still flowering in summer. 
 

Boonaroo
 

Djeran
 

Mookaroo
 

Djilba
Nyoongar: Begins flowering in early spring.
 

Kambarang
Nyoongar: Continues flowering through late spring.

Nyoongar: It would be a totem to someone. They are integral to the ecological system of Australia, and Taalyaraak country.

Nyoongar: Medicinal. Rubbing medicine. Strong plant can be used as a whip.

Nyoongar: Pea shape sections of the flower possibly connected to the Boronia.

Nyoongar: All plants and animals have a connection to the outer world.

Nyoongar: If you know about this plant from your Elders you concentrate on it when you go on Country. It is essential to preserve these plants rather than clear land, because they only grow in certain areas.