parnttali

This grows in rock country. When the fruit is ripe, the tree smells very strong and you can eat the fruit skin, seeds and all. If the fruit is unripe and hard, you dig the ground and put them in a hole about half a metre deep. Put earth on top, and some water to harden the surface and make it straight, and then put a blanket over that. Leave it for at least a week. When you smell a sweet smell, the fruit is ripe and you dig them out. They are nice and soft and they taste sweet. You can eat the skin, seeds and all. When the fruit is dry and falls off the tree, we pick them up and take them home. You can take them on long travels. We soak them in water and eat them all. They are very filling, and make you full when you have no bread. You can also eat the gum from parnttarli, and use the roots and bark for bush medicine. We scrape the roots and bark with a knife, put them in water and boil them. We use this to wash sores and makes them clean.