Scientific Name: Pilidiostigma rhytispermum

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  • Common Name:
    Small-leaved Plum Myrtle
  • Type:
    Shrub , small tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White
  • Fruit:
    Drupe, purple black, 8-10 mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest,
  • Species List:
    Weyba Esp, Hedges, Bush food, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Johns, Cranks Creek, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, TAFE, NNP Tanglewood, Noosa Banks, Dandaloo, Dandaloo, Kin Kin Arboretum, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes

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

Bush food: fruit possibly edible.

Landscaping Notes

Landscaping potential in suitable areas. Noosa Council Preferred Species list . ||Moist well-drained soils in sun or part shade. Attractive foliage.||Propagation is from seed, ripening March-April, and germinating easily; and also from cuttings. It is hardy and reasonably fast-growing.||Useful as a screen.||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye|Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||