I was given some fruit off a lily pilly tree (reddish berries). I know they are safe for humas, although I've never tried them, BUT are they okay for Budgies and 'tiels.

 

Does anyone know

:ausb: Sorry, have never heard of them and don't know what they are, guess you will have to wait for some fellow countryman(?woman) to show up. :sad:

Sorry, have never heard of them and don't know what they are, guess you will have to wait for some fellow countryman(?woman) to show up. :glare:

 

 

You and me both, Phoebe. I had heard of them but had never seen them until the other day. They look like what Aussies refer to as 'bushtucker food' :wine

Cherie

I certainly used to eat these as a kid myself, but we all know some things that are okay for us aren't for our feathered friends.

However I have found this

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There are about sixty lilly pilly species in Australia, all

 

with edible fruit. Riberry is the name given to the fruit of

 

Syzygium luehmannii, one of the tastier of the rainforest

 

lilly pillies and one which is finding popularity as a

 

commercial bush food with trees now being grown in

 

orchards. A large proportion of the fruits are seedless so

 

can be used whole and are popular due to their red colour

 

and spicy flavour – the plant is related

 

to the clove tree which is a Syzygium

 

species from Indonesia. The fruits can

 

be made into jam or sauces to be served

 

with meat or with puddings or ice cream.

 

They can also be cooked in tarts or

 

used raw in fruit salads.

 

Unquote http://www.wettropics.gov.au/st/st_pdf/fac.../bushtucker.pdf