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Language                                   Name

Noongar-Wudjari                       Noordjit

 

Common name:                        

Scientific name:                        Billardiera coriacea

 

Group name for Plants

Wudjari                                        Dek

Nyoongar/Baaduk                     Dek

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Source: Wudjari: Lynette Knapp, Gail Yorkshire
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Language Meaning

Wudjari: Alternate names are noordjin and nadjin.

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How does it Look - Feel - Smell - Taste?

Looks like:
Wudjari: A thin vine that may be seen growing on other plants.  Starts with a little white flower.  Not a nut - it is a fleshy oblong case that holds all the seeds - blacky green.
 

Feels like:
Wudjari: Fruit flesh like a ripe jelly with lots of little seeds through it.  Squash it on your tongue and spit the seeds out. Don't crunch on the seeds because they taste like soap.
 

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Tastes like:
Wudjari: Flowers - sweet, lovely. They have nectar. Better than kooroop and kamak. Fruit tastes like a tangy dried apricot. Can eat fruit green or ripe. This is very rare and requires a host. Fast growing depending on rain.

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Source: Wudjari: Lynette Knapp, Gail Yorkshire
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Food, Medicine And Other Uses

Food:
Wudjari: Eat the flower when the fruit is ripe.
 

Medicine:
 

Other:
Wudjari: The vine is used as twine.

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Where Is It Found?

Wudjari: It is collected from ochre pits. Can grow on other plants. 

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What Is Its Character?

Wudjari: This is very rare and requires a host. Fast growing depending on rain.

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Connection the Culture

Wudjari: Food source.

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Connection To Season

Birak
Wudjari: Flowers in Summer.
 

Boonaroo
 

Djeran
 

Mookaroo
 

Djilba
Wudjari: Flowers in Spring.
 

Kambarang
Wudjari: Still flowering in late spring/early summer.

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Source: Wudjari: Lynette Knapp, Gail Yorkshire
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Connection To Country

Wudjari: Mainly coastal.

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Connection To Other Plants/animals

Wudjari: Needs a host plant, any type of bush or gum tree that they can climb up onto.

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Source: Wudjari: Lynette Knapp, Gail Yorkshire
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Management

Wudjari: The old people would tell us off for eating the flowers, we should leave them there to fruit and ripen. So the plant goes through the full cycle of reproduction.

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Source: Wudjari: Lynette Knapp, Gail Yorkshire
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Taxonomy from

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Asteranae
  • Order: Apiales
  • Family: Pittosporaceae
  • Genus: Billardiera
  • Species: Billardiera coriacea

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Last updated: Unknown; Feb 29, 2024 12:43 Status: Partial

Author - Noongar Boodjar Language Centre

Knapp, L., Yorkshire, G., Ali-Smith, D., Councillor, L., Nannup, A., Jansen, A., Moulton, T., Blond, B., Turpin, G., Hopper, S., Lullfitz, A and Raisbeck-Brown, N. (2024).Noordjit. Noongar Boodjar Language Centre, Perth, Western Australia. [Date accessed: 15 March 2025] https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/noongar