an ornamental feathery-leaved palm, Ptychosperma elegans, Blume, N.O. Palmeae.
1851. J. Henderson, `Excursions in New South Wales,' vol. ii.p.229
«The Bangalo, which is a palm. . . The germ, or roll of youngleaves in the centre, and near the top, is eaten by thenatives, and occasionally by white men, either raw or boiled.It is of a white colour, sweet and pleasant to the taste.»
1884. W. R. Guilfoyle, `Australian Botany,' p. 23:
«The aborigines of New South Wales and Queensland, andoccasionally the settlers, eat the young leaves of the cabbageand bangalo palms.»
1886. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 193:
You see he was bred in a bangalow wood,
And bangalow pith was the principal food His mother served out in her shanty.»
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 592:
«Bangalow. . . . The small stems sometimes go under the nameof `Moreton Bay Canes.' It is a very ornamental,feathery-leaved palm.»