Marnukuju grows on hills and claypans, and on the side of creeks. It is good to eat and is also bush medicine. You use the roots for sore ears and for sore teeth - you boil them up and the water goes blackish-red. For sore teeth, you gargle the water; it works like an anaesthetic and stops the pain. For the sore ears, you get a cloth and wet it with the water, and then squeeze it into your earns to stop the pain.
This gum is bush medicine. You squash the sap then boil it and it turns soapy and reddish-coloured. It's put on sick people - if you have a sore ear, you stick it close to the ear, or else pour it into the ear. You can also put it in the bath. It's medicine fir scabies, sores (especially weeping sores), boils and rashes, it acts like an antiseptic.
Grows on the side of the hills and along creeks. Women go out in two or three toyotas to the countryside to collect the seeds from the ground around the trees. When they have finished, they drive back to the town or community. They make a fire and put a long piece of wire in the fire to make it hot. They put the seeds on the board. Then the women pick up the wire from the fire and burn a hole through them. They put the seeds with holes in them to one side. When they finish putting holes through the seeds, they put a string through the holes to makes necklaces and bangles. The wood of this tree is also used for making coolamons and fighting sticks.