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Its small red, ripe berries are eaten in India. (Cyclop. of 
India). 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
181. Semecarpus Anacardium, Z-vz., (Syn. S. australasicus, 
Engl.), N.O., Anacardiacez, B.FI., i., 491. 
‘‘ Marking-nut” tree of India. 
The thick fleshy receptacle bearing the fruit is of a yellow 
colour when ripe, and is roasted and eaten by the natives of India. 
The seeds, called Malacca-beans or Marsh nuts, are eaten. 
(Treasury of Botany). The Portuguese at Goa salt the green 
fruit and use them like olives. (Dymock). When fresh the 
fruit is dry and astringent—roasted, it is said to taste somewhat 
like roasted apples, and when dry somewhat like dates. (Brandis). 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
182. Sesbania aculeata, Pers., (Syn. S. australis, F.v.M.), N.O., 
Leguminose, B.FI., ii., 213. 
The “ Nardoo” of the aboriginals of the Norman River, Queensland. 
The natives of Northern Queensland make, or used to make, 
a bread of the seeds of this species. (See Marsilea guadrifolia). 
“In North Queensland, according to Mr. T. A. Gulliver, the 
natives make bread of the seeds of Sesbania aculeata, Pers. Iam 
of opinion that this is the true Nardoo of the Cooper’s Creek 
natives. The unfortunate explorers (Burke and Wills) might 
easily have mistaken the spore cases of a Marszlea for the shelled- 
out seeds of Sesbania.” (Bailey, in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 
1880, p. 8). 
South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern 
and Western Australia. 
183. Solanum aviculare, Zorst., (Syn. S. vescum, F.v.M.; S. 
laciniatum, Ait.; S. reclinatum, L’Hér.), N.O., Solanez, 
B.FI., iv., 448. In Muell. Cens., p. 95-6, S. aviculare and 
S. vescum are made separate species. 
