Cabbage Tree Palm
Livistona Australis
Common name: Cabbage Tree Palm
First Nations name: Dtharowal (Dharawal language)
Scientific name: Livistona Australis
Height: 25 m in height and 0.35 m diameter.
Bark: Bark rough, prickly with protruding fibres, with horizontal ridges from leaf scars, and vertical fissures.
Leaves: It is crowned with glossy green leaves that are plaited like a fan. The leaves span 3-4m in length
Flowers: Creamy-white flowers in spring and summer.
Fruit: First the fruit is red and later turn black when it is ready to be peeled and planted.
First Nations Uses: Food, medicine, and shelter. Prongs used for weaving mats and bedding, fibre from trunk used for kindling, and if you boil the heart it tastes like cabbage and raw tastes like flowers.

