Now that I’ve got your attention there are a few important details that I want to cover before you get stuck into this website of mine. The first thing to realise is the fact that this site is not a survival manual. It is simply an education tool, so that as you move around this great Australian landscape, you can self educate using this site to help you along the way to better understand the country you are moving through. So that’s the first point to recognise. I will now go ahead and further explain a couple of other points. Just remember this database is focused on northern Australia, that is to say the landscape north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa
The Finger Cherry bush carries a very mixed reputation. On the one hand, some Aboriginal people maintain it is quite edible and on the other hand there are serious questions about its edibility. That aspect relates to several rumours that it can and has induced blindness, so it's probably best not to even touch this species.
The bush grows in high rainfall areas of Tropical Queensland and so is most often found within rainforest areas . . .