Popularity: 5
Also known as the 'Earth Apple' this is one of the ancient crops of the Inca's. Produces large tubers similar in appearance to sweet potatoes, but they have a much sweeter taste and crunchy flesh. Vigorous, herbaceous perennial plant related to the sunflower growing to 2 metres tall.
Popularity: 3
Jaboticaba
The jaboticabas habit of producing the fruit directly on the trunk makes this a striking tree. Fruit is similar to a grape with a sweet and aromatic flavour. The new coppery growth makes it a very ornamental tree. Bears heavy crops of quality fruit that can be eaten fresh from the tree.
Popularity: 3
Native to Indonesia but widely grown worldwide as a backyard shrub for its aromatic leaves that add a unique flavour to Thai cooking. Well suited to container growing. The rough bumpy fruit is inedible but its oil has strong insecticidal properties.
Popularity: 2
Stenocarpus sinuatus - Firewheel Tree
This beautiful tree is planted all around the world but is naturally endemic to the rainforests of Qld and NSW. The name Wheel of Fire comes from the red flowers that resemble a flattened wheel. The timber is used for cabinetwork. To 30m
