Vanilla Lily (Arthropodium milleflorum)

Vanilla Lily (Arthropodium milleflorum)

Vanilla Lily, which gets its name from pale purple flowers with a vanilla scent, is one of the most productive native tubers. Each plant produces around 10 tubers the size of a small carrot. Vanilla Lily is nutrient-rich and its delicious water roots (tubers) can be eaten raw or cooked. Compared to blueberries, which are often referred to as a ‘super food’ and used as a nutritional marker, Vanilla Lilly tubers have 11x the iron, 4x the copper, 3x the magnesium. Vanilla Lily is found in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia.

Soure: Indigenous plant use; A booklet on the medicinal, nutritional and technological use of indigenous plants; By Zena Cumpston; Clean Air and Urban Landscapes (CAUL) Hub in Melbourne 2020