M &S Aboriginal Australian - Yuendumu Bush Tomato in "Rust" by Audrey Napanangka

The bush tomato, or wild tomato plant, is usually waxy looking. It grows in creek areas in the Northern Territory. The ripe fruits have a strong fragrance which my be smelled from long distances. A single plant produces many fruits, rich in potassium and vitamin C. There are more than 100 varieties of bush tomato, but only a handful of them are edible. Some may even be poisonous or may cause sickness. Harvesters normally collect sun-dried fruits of the small bushes late summer and early winter.

The design shows women sitting around a waterhole with already picked fruits in the coolamon (basket) and digging sticks.