Australian Native Ingredients - A glossary of the different ingredients available. — Lemon Myrtle (pure Herb)

The beautiful Indigenous ingredients we use in our products and sell as pure herbs are sourced from pristine wilderness regions from the Top End, from the Kimberley to Arnhem Land and  from the vast Central Desert to the rainforest, alpine and temperate regions across the country. We are committed to the environmentally sustainable growth of the native food industry and to increasing and supporting Indigenous Australian participation in the agricultural sector and in the native food industry overall.The range of Indigenous foods we use is certainly not exhaustive. From a culinary and nutritional perspective we have just begun to delve...

Provenance and the Plant   If we had to chose a tree that encompasses all the advantages of planting, growing, harvesting, cooking and enjoying native foods it would have to be the Lemon Myrtle. A magnificent subtropical rainforest plant in its own right, is also a beautiful specimen tree- bushy with low branches that have long tapering, deep green leaves and small bunches of clusters of tiny white, fluffy flowers in late summer and autumn. However, the most marvellous feature of this tree is its superb fragrance which is a blend of lemon, lemongrass and lemon verbena. Its a joy...