Scientific Name: Diospyros australis

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  • Common Name:
    Black Plum
  • Derivation:
    Diospyros: Gr. dios - divine, pyros: a grain of wheat (fruit of a European species was thought to cause pleasant oblivion.) ||australis: southern
  • Type:
    Shrub or small tree
  • Family:
    EBENACEAE
  • Flowers:
    spring, summer
  • Fruit:
    Blackish, glossy ovoid berry to 1 cm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical and dry raiforests - often as an understorey plant,
  • Species List:
    Bush food: Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Upper Yandina Creek, NNP Palm Grove, Kin Kin Arboretum
Cultural Notes

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

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

Identification Notes

Branchlets zigzag ||Leaves two-ranked. Leaves dark green above, paler below. ||Terminal buds finely downy. ||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Cephenes blue.

Landscaping Notes

Indoor pot plant potential.|||Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye||