rock fig

Scientific Name
Ficus brachypoda
Category
Plants

There are 2 or 3 different plants with the same name djorrkkundedjmilrduk. The rock fig Ficus brachypoda is said to be food for mimih spirits and people, the other Hoya australis is food for djorrkkun the rock ringtail-possums and barrk / nadjinem the black wallaroo.The name in Kuninjku translates something like 'rock possums semen' which refers to the milky sap of both the fig tree and Hoya australis that grow in the rocky environment where rock possums are also found.

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Kundjeyhmi term
an-nunjdjelk
Kuninjku term
djorrkkundedjmilrduk

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