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Cabbage-tree Palm - Livistona australis
The cabbage-tree palm is a traditional food for coastal Indigenous communities. It did have value for early settlers (ornamental/for shade; copying Aboriginal people by eating the hearts; and using the trunks for feeding troughs for cattle).
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Native cabbage tree palm - Slow Food Australia
''Livistona australis'', the cabbage-tree palm, is a plant species in the family Arecaceae. It is a tall, slender palm growing up to about 25 m in height and 0.35 m diameter. It is crowned with dark, glossy green leaves on petioles 2 m long. It has leaves plaited like a fan; the cabbage of these is small but sweet. In summer it bears flower spikes with sprigs of cream-white flowers. The trees accumulate dead fronds or leaves, which when the plant is in cultivation are often removed by an arborist.
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