Bracken fern is known all around Australia. It is known to be called the 'common bracken' or the 'water fern'. This fern can grow to nearly two metres and can become a weed if gets out of hand. The fresh outspread tips that are in amongst the fern are edible. Aboriginal people used to saturate the tips for a day and then dry them. They would then pull off the hairs and then they were ready to eat.
Some Aboriginal people used the Bracken Fern to heal ant bites. They would crush the fern up then put the juice of the plant on the affected area. This plant can be extremely poisonous when eaten raw in large quantities. Eating large quantities of the fern causes stomach cancer. The leaves on this plant are very small and thin and the stem
Some Aboriginal people used the Bracken Fern to heal ant bites. They would crush the fern up then put the juice of the plant on the affected area. This plant can be extremely poisonous when eaten raw in large quantities. Eating large quantities of the fern causes stomach cancer. The leaves on this plant are very small and thin and the stem