Bundjalung Dictionary

English: Queensland Nut tree, Macadamia
Bundjalung: gumbar, gambar
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: plant
Comment: Possibly bambar. Said by Hanlon to be the same name and similar form to the Honeysuckle Banksia latifolia; however Hanlon has bumburra in one place, and gumburra in another; the Queensland Nut is remembered as gumbur(a) (Y:Kombum:PO'Conn); see bambar; Yugarabal (Watson's list) shows bambar only for the large banksia (B. latifolia); he has no listing for Queensland Nut.
Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict gumbur, gambar (poss. bambar); Y:Kombum:PO'Conn gumburra; Y:Hanln gumburra B. integrifolia, same for Queensland Nut Tree, bumburra honeysuckle

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