Billy Goat Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana)

Family: Combretaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Native to Australia, Billy Goat Plum or Terminalia ferdinandiana is a small to mediumsized deciduous, flowering tree, about 10-14 m high, with a spreading and rounded crown. Its bark is creamy gray and rough. The leaves, large, smooth, leathery, oval to round, occur in spirals near the ends of small branches. Flowers are cream, small, fragrant, and in spikes in the leaf axils towards terminal part of the branches.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

tasting flesh. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Eaten fresh, it can have a drying effect in the mouth.; Used in making preserves, jams etc.; About 3cm long, it has a slightly bitter-tasting flesh.

Habitat & North American Range

Sandplains behind beaches, dry creek beds, flood plains, cliff tops, ridges, coastal vine thickets, mangrove edges in Western Australia. (Zone 9)