Brachyloma depressum (F.Muell.) Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Brachyloma

Characteristics

A small shrub. It grows 1-1.5 m high and spreads 1-2 m wide. There are many branches and they are slender and wiry. The leaves are 1.5 cm long. They are alternate and taper to a long sharp point. The flowers are like tubes. They are 0.3 cm long. They occur singly. They are on very short stalks in the axils of leaves. They occur in clusters at the base of flowering branches. The flowers are white. The fruit is fleshy with a hard stone. It has 5 cells.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
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Environment

It is a temperate coastal plant. It grows in very well drained light soils. It does best with light shade. It can tolerate frost. Tasmania Herbarium.
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Found on the sandy or rocky slopes of ranges or peaks, in woodland with a shrubby under-storey.
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Usage

The fruit are used for jams and jellies.
Uses food
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Distribution

Brachyloma depressum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324918-1
WFO ID wfo-0000570320
COL ID MWZL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Brachyloma depressum