Buchananis obovata, or Green Plum, is a small to medium sized understorey tree in woodland native to northern Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Leaves are smooth, thick, leathery, broadly oblong

Leaf shape

In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms :* Acicular : Slender and pointed, needle-like* Acuminate : Tapering to a long point...

, 5–25 cm long and 1.5–10 cm wide. Flowers are small, cream-coloured and 0.5 cm across. The fruit is smooth, fleshy, lens-shaped, 1–1.7 cm long.

Uses

The fruit is traditionally eaten by Aborigines

Australian Aborigines

Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...

. The plant also has traditional medicinal uses.