Language                                                  Name

Noongar-Wudjari (W8):                           

Noongar-Nyoongar/Baaduk (W41):      Yoornt pibaarag boyak dek

Common name:                    

Scientific name:                                       Melaleuca globifera

Group name for Plants

Wudjari:                                                      Dek

Nyoongar/Baaduk:                                   Dek

Group name for Flowers

Wudjari:                                                       Djet

Nyoongar/Baaduk:                                    Djet

Nyoongar: Yoornt = yellow, pibaarag = wattle, boyak = on the rock, dek = plant

Looks like
Nyoongar: Yellow, whitey flower. Large nut, green when young. The flowers come out of the little nodules. Lots of tiny little seeds, the size of grains of sand will come out of the seedpod holes. Hard green stem. Very woody and hardy, the salt does that to plants. Leaves are green and smooth with lines straight up the leaves.

Feels like
Nyoongar: Smooth leaves, Hard textured nuts.

Tastes like
Nyoongar: Tangy strong, fresh plant taste.

Smells like
Nyoongar: Flowers have pretty smell and sweetish.

Food
Nyoongar: Chew on the nuts when they are greenish and tender. It is also a water source.

Medicine
Nyoongar: The honey you get from it has healing properties.

Other uses
Nyoongar: Nuts might be used as a breath freshener. Also used to make necklaces.

Nyoongar: It is endemic to granite, native to the Esperance/Cape Arid region. Grows where it will get sun all the time. Found all the way from Bremer Bay. On Table Mountain it is on the northern coastal side. It grows into cracks in the rock.

Nyoongar: Prickly and very hardy and strong with a very unique nut. It is a sun-loving plant and grows where it will get sun all the time.

Nyoongar: Totemic and relates to place, identification of Country.

Nyoongar: Flowers in Kambarang - but it is an evergreen.

Birak

Boonaroo

Djeran

Mookaroo

Djilba

Kambarang
Nyoongar: Flowers in Kambarang.

Nyoongar: It is found along songlines and trading routes. It connects us to Country. They are integral to the ecological system of Australia, and Taalyaraak Country.

Nyoongar: It is found along songlines and trading routes. It connects us to Country.

Nyoongar: Bird life, ants and bees.

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

Nyoongar: It’s managed on its own by the weather. It is essential to preserve these plants rather than clear land, because they only grow in certain areas.