Cabbage Tree Palm

Common name: Cabbage Tree Palm 

First Nations name: Dtharowal (Dharawal language) 

Scientific name: Livistona Australis 

Height: 25 m in height and 0.35 m diameter. 

Bark: Bark rough, prickly with protruding fibres, with horizontal ridges from leaf scars, and vertical fissures. 

Leaves: It is crowned with glossy green leaves that are plaited like a fan. The leaves span 3-4m in length 

Flowers: Creamy-white flowers in spring and summer. 

Fruit: First the fruit is red and later turn black when it is ready to be peeled and planted. 

First Nations Uses: Food, medicine, and shelter. Prongs used for weaving mats and bedding, fibre from trunk used for kindling, and if you boil the heart it tastes like cabbage and raw tastes like flowers.