Aboriginal words and names, Upper Clarence River dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt, ca. 1909; with introduction, notes and index by Robert L. Dawson, 1936 - Page 31

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          - Trees of the Dense Brushes -

Red cedar                           Mum-mul-gar
White cedar                        Gee-in-gah
Hoop pine                           Chum-bool-gar
Giant fig tree            Bood-ju-ga and Kah-koon gir
Small fig tree                       Chum-bool
Bean tree                             Bow-gam-gir
Sting tree, large leaf             Kee-im-bo-gah
     do  small leaf                  Woo-li-el-gah
Cabbage tree palm               Ny-am-bi-gah   
Bangalow palm                    Big-gee-been-gah
White myrtle                       Jee-leen-gar
Black myrtle                       Boo-loom-gir
Silky oak                            Wy-ee-gar-gir

          - Trees of the Open Forest -

Blackbutt                              Won-gee-gah
Appletree (Angophera) Chin-di-gar or Boo-bee-gar
Dogwood                             T'che-nur-gar
Wild quince                          Bil-leen-de-gar

 

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