Improving truffle orchard floor management
Expanding production has positioned Australia as the world’s fourth-largest truffle producer, after France, Italy and Spain. In 2022, favourable growing conditions meant the country produced...
Published: 12 Dec 2014
Author(s): RIRDC
ISBN: 978-1-74254-728-2
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DownloadThis fact sheet is part of a 13-part native food series.
Native to central Australia, bush tomato is a globular fruit some 10–15 millimetres in size which turns from green to yellow as it ripens. It is usually sun dried on the bush before harvesting, when it takes on a reddish colour.
It’s also commonly known as desert raisin and kutjera.