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Bush Tucker Plant Food - TubersA tuber is the swollen base of the underground stem of a plant (for example, a potato). Most bush tucker food plants have tubers that are much smaller than modern cultivated potatoes, thought in some cases there may be hundreds of underground tubers per square metre. Tubers are the most useful wilderness survival plant foods. There are four main types of plant that have tubers: Vines, freshwater plants, lilies and ground orchids (though not all tubers fit into one of these categories). Most watercourses are home to at least one tuber-bearing plant, and this habitat should always be searched first. The tubers of all rushes and sedges are edible raw (that is assuming the water is not polluted). This page shows some tuber-bearing bush tucker food plants that can be found in the Sydney and Blue Mountains regions. Click on the pictures to show more information about each of the different food species.
Bush Tucker Plant Foods Index plant tubers
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