Gumbi Gumbi

Indigenous Australian have used the native tree (Pittosporum angustifolium) as traditional bush tucker for centuries. Medicinal benefits of Gumbi Gumbi have been taught and passed on to indigenous people of Australia by their elders and its been treated as a sacred herb.

 Trees can live up to 100 years, grow to around 7 to 8 metres. They are incredibly resilient, surviving frost and drought conditions where rainfall is below 150 mm per year.

There are many variations such as Pittosporum angustifolium and  Pittosporum phylliraeoides.

Other names for this plant include Native apricot, Cumbi Cumbi, Gumpi Gumpi, Cumpii Cumpii, Weeping pittosporum, Meemeei, Cattle Bush, Bitter bush, Butter Bush and Berrigan, Gumby Gumby.

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