Common name: Parakeelya, Purslane Family name: Portulacaceae Botanical name: Calandrinia eremaea Flowering/fruiting season: Summer Location: Dry sclerophyll habitats at low elevations Mt Majura, Molonglo Gorge (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:161)

Use:

• Food
• Leaf & stem stemed or mixed with baked bark, seed ground and cooked (Gott, 1995)
• 'Edible fleshy leaves; seeds numerous, can be ground and baked like Portulaca' [pigweed] (Flood, 1980:95)

Notes:
Available in winter, spring (Gott, 1995)

Language names:
ngapila, kalutyu ? : Barkindji (Hercus in Gott, 1995)

Horticulture :
C. balonensis Parakeelya - needs dry, well-drained position in full sun (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998)

Similar species:
Portulaca oleracea

Use code:
LEA, SEED

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