Lemon Grass

Eulalia aurea, Cymbopogon procerus

Tarukapkaji, kukijkarraaji, kupuwupu yuka, nyila na kukijkarra-wu-ma. Kupuwupu-ma nyila-ma janga-ngka-wu, kulyurrkapkaji-wu, kulykulya-wu, ngarlaka-wu nyampa-wu tarukap-ku. Ngurnalu yuwanana bucket-ta, boilim, janga-ngka-wu, tarukap-ku.

This lemon grass is used as a wash and it is also drinkable. You can drink lemon grass (as a tea). Lemon grass is good to bathe in when you are sick with a cough or a stuffed-up head. We put it in the bucket and boil it to bathe ourselves when we get sick.

Speaker: Violet Wadrill