Davidsonia pruriens F.Muell.

Davidson's plum (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Cunoniaceae > Davidsonia

Characteristics

A tall shrub or small tree. It grows up to 3-9 m tall. It spreads 1.5-5 m across. The trunk can be 30 cm across. The leaves are compound. There are 9-19 leaflets. These are 6-30 cm long. They are hairy. The leaflets have teeth along the edge. The fruit are 3-5 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. They hang in bunches in the axils of leaves. The surface of the fruit have fine golden hairs which are irritating. There are 2 seeds inside. The fruit are edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 5.0
Mature height (meter) 5.5 - 8.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in tropical and subtropical places. It grows naturally in rainforest in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. In Adelaide Botanical Gardens hot house. It needs well drained soil and is best in light shade. It is damaged by drought and frost. In tropical Queensland it grows between sea level and 1095 m altitude.
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Various types of wetter, primary rainforests, at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are stewed with sugar or made into jam or jelly. It is also used for salad dressings and sauce.
Uses food material
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Antioxidants (unspecified)
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Cultivation

It can be grown from fresh seed. It can also be grown from cuttings. Suckers can also be used.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Davidsonia pruriens leaf picture by Michael Bienke (cc-by-sa)
Davidsonia pruriens leaf picture by Isaac Keane (cc-by-sa)
Davidsonia pruriens leaf picture by Damien Gulliver (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Davidsonia pruriens world distribution map, present in Australia and Fiji

Conservation status

Davidsonia pruriens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:790765-1
WFO ID wfo-0000937960
COL ID 6CG7C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Davidsonia pruriens