CAT-00058
Kakadu plum
Terminalia ferdinandiana
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Terminalia
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Often on sandstone or on stabilised coastal dunes.
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Terminalia ferdinandiana
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Kakadu plum
- Source URLs
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Terminalia%20ferdinandiana | https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/bushfoodintro.htm; https://kakadu.gov.au/discover/nature/plants/kakadu-plum/ Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00058
- Mature width
- Not confirmed; allow spread appropriate to growth habit
- Native range
- Occurs in coastal areas of the western Kimberley, from Broome northwards, Western Australia, and in northwestern Northern Territory.
- Plant family
- Combretaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Common bush-food crop
- Mature height
- Not confirmed; habit described in brief description
- Native states
- NT, WA
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Source is a nursery catalogue overview; detailed species verification remains. Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use listing; species detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Regional timing not yet verified.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Fruit flesh
- Flowering season
- Late dry season, approximately August-November in northern Australian accounts; timing varies by region.
- Brief description
- Seasonally deciduous tropical woodland tree.
- Drought tolerance
- Seasonally drought adapted; establish with summer water.
- Preparation notes
- Confirm species identification, the specified edible part, ripeness and species-specific preparation before use.
- Flower description
- Flower appearance not yet confirmed from the reviewed species-specific sources.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Warm frost-free trial; adapted to a tropical wet-dry cycle.
- Botanical description
- Pending. See Dunlop et al. (1995), Kenneally et al. (1996: 88).
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Terminalia%20ferdinandiana Open source ↗
- Fruit type and description
- Yellow-green drupe with sour pulp around one large stone.
- Flora of Australia citation
- P.G. Kodela, L. Pedley. Terminalia ferdinandiana. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Terminalia%20ferdinandiana (accessed 2026-10-14). Copyright Commonwealth of Australia; CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). HTML formatting removed; species-level context added where noted. Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- 14/10/2026