In the late 1800s Queensland Bellenden Ker Range rainforests, Bama first Australian peoples taught European Australian scientists of L. whelanii trees bearing the large seeds "extensively used for food".
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-claudiensis-grandis/> the published archaeological work of Nicky Horsfall’s journal papers and PhD and the reports of the 1889 Archibald Meston expedition; the latter two bodies of work were undertaken in the Bellenden Ker Range region.
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Umpila and related peoples in the Iron Range region make use of L. claudiensis and Bama peoples of the Wet Tropics region also make use of L. grandis, apparently knowing them well for their uses and regarding their distributions, respectively.