alunqua

English

Etymology

From Eastern Arrernte alangkwe, the name for the fruit.

Noun

alunqua (plural alunquas)

1. A twining plant, Marsdenia australis, native to Australia.
2. The fruit of the alunqua; bush cucumber, bush banana.
   • 1937, Michael Terry, Sand and Sun: Two Gold-hunting Expeditions with Camels in the Dry Lands of Central Australia:

     Another common bush delicacy was the alunqua, some call it the bush cucumber.

References

• Australian National Dictionary.