Scientific Name: Persoonia virgata

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  • Pronunciation:
    per-SOON-ee-ah vir-GAR-tah
  • Common Name:
    Geebung
  • Type:
    Shrub , small tree
  • Family:
    PROTEACEAE
  • Flowers:
    winter-spring-summer
  • Fruit:
    drupe 1-1 2 cm round or egg-shaped
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest, wet and dry heath, wallum woodland,
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, SBHS, Bush food, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, CNLTalks2010, ooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Peregian Boardwalk, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Pindari Steiner School, NNP service road, Cooroibah26.4.09, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Cooloothin Corner, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Boreen Point, Noosa North Shore PS BHNR TAFE Girraween Noosa Banks Emu Swamp Marcus Dunes Noosa River NP Arthur Harrold NP, NNS, Heritage Park, Regional Ecosystem 12.2.13.
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush food: fruit edible when ripe. Fruits ripen only after falling to the ground.

Identification Notes

Narrow leaves

Associated Fauna

Fallen fruits eaten by birds, kangaroos, rats, emus.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||