List of Australian herbs and spices

Australian herbs and spices were used by Aboriginal peoples to flavour food in ground ovens.[1] The term "spice" is applied generally to the non-leafy range of strongly flavoured dried Australian bushfoods. They mainly consist of aromatic fruits and seed products, although Australian wild peppers also have spicy leaves. There are also a few aromatic leaves but unlike culinary herbs from other cultures which often come from small soft-stemmed forbs, the Australian herb species are generally trees from rainforests, open forests and woodlands.

Australian herbs and spices are generally dried and ground to produce a powdered or flaked spice, either used as a single ingredient or in blends.

They were used to a limited extent by colonists in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some extracts were used as flavouring during the 20th century. Australian native spices have become more widely recognized and used by non-Indigenous people since the early 1980s as part of the bushfood industry, with increasing gourmet use and export.[2][3]

They can also be used as a fresh product. Leaves can be used whole, like a bay-leaf in cooking, or spicy fruits are added to various dishes for flavour.

The distilled essential oils from leaves and twigs are also used as flavouring products.

## Fruit

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* Acronychia acidula, Lemon Aspen
* Acronychia oblongifolia, White Aspen, Yellow Wood
* Austromyrtus dulcis, Midgen Berry, Silky Myrtle
* Citrus australasica, Finger Lime, Caviar Lime
* Citrus australis, Round Lime, Australian Lime
* Citrus glauca, Desert Lime
* Eupomatia laurina, Bolwarra, Native Guava, Copper Laurel
* Kunzea pomifera, Muntries,[2] Emu Apples, Native Cranberries
* Solanum centrale, Akudjura, Australian Desert Raisin
* Solanum chippendalei, Chippendale's Tomato, Bush Tomato
* Solanum cleistogamum, Potato Bush, Bush Tomato
* Syzygium luehmannii, Riberry, Cherry Alder, Small Leaf Lilly Pilly

## Herbs

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* Apium insulare, Flinders Island Celery
* Apium prostratum, Sea Celery
* Atherosperma Moschatum, safrole, Southern Sassafras
* Atriplex nummularia, Old Man Salt Bush
* Backhousia citriodora, citral chemovar, Lemon Myrtle
* Backhousia myrtifolia, elemicin chemovar, Cinnamon Myrtle
* Boronia safrolifera, safrole
* Crowea exalata, exalaticin
* Cinnamomum oliveri, safrole, Oliver's Cinnamon
* Cymbopogon refractus, Barbed wire grass
* Doryphora sassafras, safrole
* Doryphora aromatica, safrole
* Eucalyptus dives, piperitone chemovar, Peppermint Gum
* Eucalyptus globulus, cineole chemovar, Tasmanian Blue Gum
* Eucalyptus olida, methyl cinnamate chemovar, Strawberry Gum
* Eucalyptus polybractea, Blue-leaved Mallee
* Eucalyptus staigeriana, Lemon Ironbark
* Melaleuca quinquenervia, Broad-leaf Paperbark
* Melaleuca leucadendron, Weeping Paperbark
* Mentha australis, River Mint
* Mentha diemenica, Slender Mint
* Mentha satureioides
* Ocimum tenuiflorum, Holy Basil
* Prostanthera incisa var. incisa, Cut-leaf Mintbush
* Prostanthera rotundifolia, Native Thyme
* Syzygium anisatum, trans-E-Anethole chemovar, Aniseed myrtle
* Zieria smithii, safrole

## Spices

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* Acacia victoriae, Gundabluey, Wattleseed
* Alpinia caerulea, Native Ginger[1]
* Tasmannia lanceolata, Mountain Pepper[2]
* Tasmannia stipitata, Dorrigo Pepper[2]
* Tasmannia insipida, Brush Pepper Bush
* Tasmannia xerophila, Alpine Pepperbush

* Food portal

## References

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1. ^ a b Brayshaw, Helen (5 April 2016). "View of Traditional Aboriginal Cuisine in the Herbert Burdekin District of North Queensland". Linq (Literature in North Queensland). 3 (3, 4): 89. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
2. ^ a b c d Stynes, B (1997). "Contributing to the development of Aboriginal food plants". Tropical Grasslands. 31: 313.
3. ^ Santich, Barbara (2011). "Nineteenth-century experimentation and the role of Indigenous foods in Australian food culture" (PDF). Australian Humanities Review. 51: 65–66.

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Herbs|

* Angelica
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Spices|

* Aonori
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* Black pepper
* Brazilian pepper
* Camphor
* Caraway
* Cardamom
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* Crushed red pepper
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* Cinnamon
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* Nigella sativa
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* Fennel
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* Fingerroot
* Galangal
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* Garlic
* Ginger
* Aromatic ginger
* Golpar
* Grains of paradise
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* Horseradish
* Japanese pricklyash
* Juniper berry
* Kokum
* Korarima
* Dried lime
* Liquorice
* Litsea cubeba
* Long pepper
* Mango-ginger
* Mastic
* Mahleb
* Mustard
* black
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* Nigella
* Njangsa
* Nutmeg
* Onion powder
* Paprika
* Peruvian pepper
* Pomegranate seed
* Poppy seed
* Radhuni
* Rose
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* Sarsaparilla
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* Sesame
* Shiso
* Sichuan pepper (huājiāo)
* Star anise
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* Tonka bean
* Turmeric
* Uzazi
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Blends|

* Adjika
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* Beau monde seasoning
* Berbere
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* Chaat masala
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* Cinnamon sugar
* Crab boil
* Curry powder
* Doubanjiang
* Douchi
* Duqqa
* Fines herbes
* Five-spice powder
* Garam masala
* Garlic powder
* Garlic salt
* Gochujang
* Harissa
* Hawaij
* Herbes de Provence
* Húng lìu
* Idli podi
* Italian seasoning
* Jamaican jerk spice
* Khmeli suneli
* Lemon pepper
* Mitmita
* Mixed spice
* Montreal steak seasoning
* Mulling spices
* Old Bay Seasoning
* Panch phoron
* Persillade
* Powder-douce
* Pumpkin pie spice
* Qâlat daqqa
* Quatre épices
* Ras el hanout
* Recado rojo
* Sharena sol
* Shichimi
* Tabil
* Tajin
* Tandoori masala
* Thuna paha
* Vadouvan
* Yuzu koshō
* Za'atar

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History|

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Dishes|

* Anzac biscuit
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Breads|

* Boston bun
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Beverages|

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Ingredients|

* Bush tucker
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* List of Australian herbs and spices
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Regional and ethnic cuisines|

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