Glycine tabacina
Love Creeper
Other names: Native soybean
Family: Fabaceae
Habitat: Sheltered forests and rainforest gullies
Uses: Tubers (tap-roots) edible and were reported to be eaten by Aboriginies.
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References: Robinson
A slender trailer (not climbing), found in moist situations on better soils, usualyl among dense undergrowth, especially grasses. Pea flowers, 6-10mm long, in October-December, variable in colour, mostly mauve.

Photo: Mitchell Park, Cattai NSW
Bush Tucker Plant Foods - Tubers
Bush Tucker Plant Foods Index
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