Scientific Name: Diospyros ellipticifolia f. australiensis (was Diospyros ellipticifolius var ebenus (was Diospyros major)

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  • Common Name:
    Shiny-leaved Ebony
  • Type:
    Small tree
  • Family:
    EBENACEAE
  • Status:
    RARE
  • Flowers:
    White 3 mm, summer
  • Fruit:
    Yellow brown hairy globose berry to 1 cm dia.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical rainforest and ecotonal forest, araucarian dry vine forest
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Old Tewantin, Dandaloo
Cultural Notes

Bush Food: Fruit eaten - best ripened after picking to reduce astringency.||

Identification Notes

Leaves finely pointed alternate. Young branchlets, petioles and leaf undersides finely hairy

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Cephenes blue.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||