Scientific Name: Streblus brunonianus

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  • Common Name:
    Whalebone Tree
  • Type:
    Shrub or small tree
  • Family:
    MORACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White/cream in spikes from leaf axils, dioecious, September to March
  • Fruit:
    Yellow berry, 5 mm dia
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical and dry rainforest and along scrubby watercourses
  • Species List:
    Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, Bush food,
Cultural Notes

Bush food: sweet small fruits eaten raw.||

Identification Notes

Bark very tough. Stems difficult to break. Milky latex present||

Associated Fauna

Fruit eaten by birds

Landscaping Notes

|Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||