Scientific Name: Breynia oblongifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    BRAIN-ee-ah ob-lon-gee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Breynia, Native Coffee
  • Derivation:
    Breynia: honours 17th cetuary botanist and author, Jacob Beryn of Danzig oblongifolia: oblong leaves
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, green, May to July
  • Fruit:
    Red round berry to 6 mm dia
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforests and margins
  • Species List:
    W2, FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Old Tewantin, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, NNS, Upper Yandina Creek, NNP Tanglewood, Noosa Banks, Kin Kin Scrub, Dandaloo, BHNR, Kin Kin Arboretum, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,
Identification Notes

Leaves arranged on short lateral branchlets |New growth rusty red |Small stipules present||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Common grass yellow

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||