Kimberley flowers - the Rosella

I was going back through my Kimberley photos the other day from our trip in 2016, and was reminded about the amazing edible Rosella plant - Hibiscus Sabdariffa.  This delicious bush tucker plant is thought to have been brought to Australian from Sri Lanka by Indonesian fishermen, thousands of years ago. Since then the Australian Rosella has developed its own unique characteristics and thrives in the northern parts of Australia.

 At first we thought it was a weed, as it looked out of place and very weed like (ie more succulent than an native Australian plant in the Kimberley), but then we discovered it was the Rosella plant. No wonder it looks out of place as, even though it had been here for thousands of years, it is not strictly a native of Australia. But obviously it does very well in the north.