muckishaws

Updated: June 19, 2025

Mungaroos are a fruit as big as cherries, red on one side and white on the other side: they are said to be full of small seeds, which are commonly swallowed in eating them. Muckishaws are said to be a fruit as big as crab-apples, growing on large trees. They have also small seeds in the middle and are well tasted. Ingwas are a fruit like the locust-fruit, 4 inches long and one broad.

William Dampier - A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699