The file below contains a list of medicinal and edible native plants known to have grown in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. This initial listing will be updated as new information becomes available.  Eventually, each plant will have a dedicated page with information regarding sustainability, medicinal uses, cultivation and propagation, etc. Click here for a printable list Indigenous plants for health list.

Botanical name
Common Name
Medicinal
Food
Topical
Aromatic
Bees
Other
Persoonia spp.
Geebung

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Dodonaea viscosa
Hop bush

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Melaleuca spp.
M. linariifolia
M. ericifolia
M. alternifolia
M. quinquenervia
Paperbarks

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Leptospermum thymifolia
L. petersonii
L. liversidgii
Tea trees

 

 

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Mosquito repellants
Leptospermum polygalifolium
Tantoon

 

 

 

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Syzygium spp.
Lillipilli

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Tasmannia spp.
Native peppers

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Eucalyptus spp.
E. melliodora
E. robusta
Eucalypts

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Smilax glycyphilla
Sarsaparilla

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Alphitonia excelsa
Red ash

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Soap
Kunzea ambigua
Tick bush

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Melia azedarach
White cedar

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Insecticide
Austromyrtis dulcis
midgenberry

 

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