Araucaria Bidwillii
The Bunya-Bunya of Australia, which forms a
large tree, reaching from 150 to 200 feet in height. The cones are
very large, and contain one hundred to one hundred and fifty
seeds, which are highly prized by the aborigines as food. They are
best
when roasted in the shell, cracked between two stones and
eaten while hot. In flavor they resemble roasted chestnuts. During
the season of the ripening of these seeds the natives grow sleek
and fat. That part of the country where these trees most abound is
called the Bunya-Bunya country.
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