black plum
- Scientific Name
- Vitex glabrata
- Category
- Plants
Medium sized tree (7-12m) with edible black berries available late dry to wet season.
Man-kurndalh birri-barndiwirrinj kam-wakemeninj birri-yameninj. Manekke nga-yameng wanjh barnambarl.
They would stand up high in the Vitex glabrata tree and when [the emu] came wandering over [to eat the fallen fruit] they would spear it. I speared one from up in a tree, a technique called barnambarl.
—Mick Kubarkku.
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