A large edible gall produced by the mulga, an Australian acacia tree.
these honeypot ants gather nectar from the mulga apple
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The mulga apples are quite pleasant, as well.
These latter galls are called mulga-apples and are said to be very welcome to the thirsty traveller.
Mulga apples were added to their diet along the way.
Leaving the neighbourhood of Lake Kumarina, they travelled farther north, gathering the mulga apples by the way.
The mulga bears a small woody fruit called the mulga apple.
Another important food provided by the mulga tree in the cooler months is the mulga apple.
If the desert people lose their language, who will know its special word for the white powder that forms on the mulga apple?
Little is recorded about mulga apples beyond the fact that they have a sweet taste and that both the gall itself, and the wasp larva in its centre, are eaten.
The sweet material, afterwards made into honey by the ants, may be derived from the mulga apple.
In the season, he eats the native peach and the mulga apple, two of the fruits indigenous to this part of the world.