AUSTRALIAN Wild Food and uses for the Iconic - Grass Tree (Black-Boy) Xanthorrhoea
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- Australian Wild Food and uses for the Iconic - Grass Tree (Black-Boy) Xanthorrhoea
Hi everyone and welcome back to another video.
Today's video we look at on of Australia's most iconic trees the Grass Tree.
Grass trees have a lot of great uses and they are as follows:
Food- did u know the stems of the grass tree can be pulled up and eaten?
These stems contain a lot of vitamins, minerals, sugars and carbohydrates. Making these a very handy bush survival food.
Fire starters- The flower spike makes one of Australia's best woods to use to start a fire. Fire by friction method by using either a hand drill method or a bow drill method which i demonstrate how easy it is later on in the video.
Traditional Weaponry- For a very long time the Aboriginal people would gather up the stalks of the flower spike and use them to make their primitive spears and arrows and were effective in hunting using these weapons.
Glue or resin pitch- Around the trunk of the tree you can commonly find large amounts of resin. This resin was then melted down and combined with fire charcoal and ash, then mixed in with kangaroo scat to form a really strong glue. They would use this glue to then attach spears and arrows to their weaponry.
If you become lost out in the bush and need to find a food source, please be very cautious as to what you are eating. Simply put, if you are unsure don't eat it. Researching the types of wild Australian edibles is highly recommended before hand and is a great knowledge to have.
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great video Hoops. enjoyed it thoroughly
Thanks so much for watching Luke and checking out my channel I really appreciate it
It's called a Balga in noongar
Awsome that's good to know I'd love to learn some more of the language. Thanks for watching
I've never seen anything like this. So cool. Especially the fire sticks. Here in Iowa I thought you had to rub 2 sticks together for hours just for your arms to wear out first and eventually be eaten by wolves or ants. That's how the boy scouts do it I think.
Hahahahaha yeah it's true if you don't select the right kind of sticks you would be there for hours lol fortunately for us the grass tree spike is a great wood for fire starting and as u can see its super fast to heat up and can get your fire going with very minimal effort at all. Thanks for watching and for the laugh lol I appreciate you watching cheers 🍻
nice one . this is the first vid of yours I have come across .good stuff !
Glad you like it and thanks for watching
Thanks mate.
You can also get resin from dead trees
Sure can we use pine resin to make firelighters with as it's super flammable. The resin from our xanthoria trees is what the aboriginal people use to use to make there glue pitch mixed with kangaroo dung and wood ash it's pretty clever I rekon
My bush brother I really appreciate the knowledge that you are teaching it's awesome... But I'm pretty sure that the Aboriginal people didn't utilise bow and arrows.
yes sorry thats right your correct my bad. it seems very strange that they were not known to have developed bows as a means to hunting, but rather would stick with using the spear but i guess why change if the method you are using works so well.
im happy u like my videos and appreciate the awsome feedback
Balga not BB
Yeah it's called Balga we all grew up calling them bb
Good video Hoops - had no idea about the grass trees. I take it you're in WA? I've hiked a few sections of the Bibbulmun track, and have wondered if there would be anything edible growing in the hills. Might try some next time I am out that way. Can you pull them straight out of the trunk of the tree, or does it have to be out of the ground on the small ones?
Hey there bud yeah I'm from over in w.a. where r u from. the larger ones would be too old and the smaller baby ones have the white flesh from beneath the ground that's the edible bit however i would only take a few strands from 1 plant and move onto another as to not kill the plant. Xanthoria plants are protected plants but in a survival situation they can be a good bush tucker
@@hoopersmayhem Thanks - that's interesting to know.
I live in Perth myself, love the hills.
Great video hopefully one day I'll get to visit
Cheers mate appreciate it this is literally 20 meters from my front door we are super blessed to live where we do that's for sure. I hope u definitely get the chance to also.
I WANT TO EAT GRASS TREE :D
Hahahah give it a try they don't have much flavour but Def get you out of trouble if your starving
I had no idea those were that old at that height. 🤙🏼
sorry just realised u commented on the grass tree vid thought u wrote on the lime tunnel one yeah they are ancient and huge huh
Thanks mate :) Excellent instructional vid - a lifesaver in desperate cases :)
Cheers John definitely only in a survival situation and thanks glad u liked my video
I have black boys in my area and have used the stalks for a variety of things but wasn't aware that you could eat the base of the leaves. Thanks for the video, Hooper
Cheers bob and thanks for watching and yeah they don't have much of a taste but are packed full of the good stuff. pretty cool plant actually
Nice educational video hoops. 👍
thanks buddy at least this one worked this time
@@hoopersmayhem yeah man i enjoyed it heaps!!
cheers mate