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Pandanus nuts Ma-cara
Big round nuts_ grow on tall
grass tree in clusters - green. &
later orange & red - when ready to
fall. When dry the natives cut in
half and find tiny nuts which
they push or pick out of cylindrical
holes. Best from June to September.
Natives eat large quantities
Tree nuts? about size of walnut
has tiny nut - dark brown, &
grows in tree being like ti-tree,
tall & slender.
Ground nuts. Mig-era. from
in swamps. big as a Brazil nut.
no outside shell, brown, black
& white grows in reed like grass
Good tucker - like damper
November - at beginning of [dig?]
season. Natives dig for nuts
Current Status:
Completed