The corms of mature plants are nutritious, containing calcium and iron and were used as food by the Aborigines who called it Parm, Puewan or Pike and who regarded the corms as the sweetest of the lily and lily-like Australian plants to eat.
The corms of mature plants are nutritious, containing calcium and iron and were used as food by the Aborigines Isaacs, J.1987. Weldon, Sydney, Australia who called it Parm, Puewan or Pike and who regarded the corms as the sweetest of the lily and lily-like Australian plants to eat.