A stark leafless tree during the dry season, brilliant green during the wet season, it is held in high regard by the Aborigines of the Kimberley Region who call it Larrkardiy. Boab nut season runs …

May 11, 2017 · New leaves sprout during the build up to the wet season, whilst flowering and fruiting occurs during the wet season. The fruits are hard shelled, usually referred to as nuts. …

Boab trees flower and fruit in the wet season. Flowering can start as early as October and the flowers are gorgeous. Big, white, with a pinkish hue, intricate and fragrant. The fruit starts …

Many Aboriginal people specialise in Boab Nut carving – Dusty Legune, a retired drover and “nature’s gentleman” carves bush turkeys, rainbow serpents, native trees, invariably choosing …

The decorating by painting or engraving (carving) of boab nuts, is as an art form unique to the Kimberley. In 1897 the biologist Saville-Kent noted that boab nuts were engraved with …

Mar 13, 2022 · The large boab nuts can be used as water vessels and can be carved with artworks. Boab trees were used by early British colonial police as prison trees. The most well …

May 26, 2022 · In early 2021, the Australian Museum accepted the donation of an extensive and nationally significant collection of 265 carved and painted boab nuts specific to the Kimberley. …

These beautiful intricately hand carved Boab Nuts from the Boab Tree that were collected from the Kimberley Region in Western Australia. MaryAnne carves the nuts with various knives.

Aboriginal artists unknown, four carved Kimberley boab nuts and a gum nut, c1970, each with extensive fine carvings depicting scenes of figures with spears and turtles, snakes, lizards …

“Boab nuts appear in the latter half of the year and are a valuable source of medicinal ingredients. Inside the hard case of a boab nut, there is dry powdery fruit pulp, with its tangy citrus flavour, …