David JonesIt's bunya nut season. First of the crop (we've found). A tiddler at 3.3kg (can get up to 10kg) #bunya #bunyanut https://theconversation.com/bunya-pines-are-ancient-delicious-and-possibly-deadly-96003
JeanEvergreenTwo extremely tall, Bunya bunya pine trees (native to New Caledonia and Australia) are dropping these 20-lb "nut bombs" on the tiny pocket park and sidewalk below them. I, for one, am not going to sit on the bench under these trees. #bunya #Monterey
BellingenNSWWalking the trees: we traced how First Nations groups moved bunya pine and black bean trees
Pre-colonial dispersal of Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and Black Bean trees (Castanospermum australe) by Indigenous Peoples. "Unpicking the deeper past using First Nations lore and genetic analysis is a promising combination to shed light on domestication. Indigenous movement of plants worked to domesticate landscapes. That is, social and cultural preferences of ancestral groups drove ecological transformations which seem, at first glance, to be natural."
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https://theconversation.com/walking-the-trees-we-traced-how-first-nations-groups-moved-bunya-pine-and-black-bean-trees-229914
#IndigenousKnowledge #BioculturalKnowledge #IndigenousPeoples #flora #botany #trees #bunya #translocation #landscape #domestication #food #ethnoecology
Dieback summit looks for solutions as ancient bunya pine 'skeletons' spread beyond national parks
"For thousands of years, Aboriginal nation groups journeyed to Queensland's Bunya Mountains and Blackall Range, gathering large nut-filled cones from pine trees towering up to 50 metres high."
"The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, has survived since the Jurassic period at least 145 million years ago, but soil-borne plant pathogens introduced since European settlement are taking a terrible toll."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-15/bunya-pine-dieback-symposium-blackall-range/103680512
#Bunya #flora #pathogens #Araucaria #BunyaDieback #landclearing #soil #degradation
Dieback summit looks for solutions as ancient bunya pine 'skeletons' spread beyond national parks
A "heartbreaking" stand of "skeletons" along one of the Sunshine Coast's most popular scenic drives is sobering evidence that bunya pine dieback is spreading, while a team of experts search for ways to save the iconic trees.
Heliograph@jeremycshipp glad it wasn't a #bunya cone 😆
ajft [SEC=HAPHAZARD]@trelord75 sadly, a few sections nearby of park in #Oakleigh look as though they've been demolished. Big wide tree lined median in logie street lost a lot of trees. There's bits of #bunya and at least one cone down in Warrawee park - glad I wasn't around when that fell!
PoesieNoticed a bunya cone had fallen to the ground. Looked like a bird had a peck. Nuts to be good tucker for people too. Not sure how they're prepared.
Klaus Alexander Seistrup@deirdres Just in case somebody wants to read about the bunya pine (Araucaria bidwillii):
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_bidwillii
#Araucaria
#bunya
#plants
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_bidwillii
#Araucaria
#bunya
#plants
Linda Woodrow
It’s bunya nut season, and though it’s not one of the bi-or-triennial bumper seasons like last year was, it is worth checking the ground around your favourite bunya pines for fallen cones. Here’s how I process them, and what the felafel mix looks like before you fry it. https://witcheskitchen.com.au/bunya-nut-felafels/ #fromthegarden #permaculture #bunya
Bunya nut felafels - The Witches Kitchen
It's bunya nut season, and though it's not one of the bi-or-triennial bumper seasons like last year was, it is worth checking the ground around your favourite bunya pines for fallen cones. Here's how I process them, and how to make bunya felafels.