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Leptomeria drupacea Druce

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Leptomeria

Characteristics

Erect shrub to 2.5 m, glabrous. Stems slightly striate, semiterete; flowering branchlets 0.7-1.5 mm diam. Leaves appressed, subulate to triangular, c. 1 mm long, caducous. Inflorescence a lax lateral raceme; rachis 1-2 cm long; flowers 10-16, almost sessile; bracts ovate to acuminate, c. 0.75 mm long. Tepals 0.5-0.75 mm long, white; apex uncinate with adaxial thickening. Disc markedly lobed between stamens. Drupe ovoid, 3-6 mm long, slightly fleshy.
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A shrub which has almost no leaves. It grows attached to other plants. It is erect and slender. It grows 0.5-2.5 m high and spreads 0.5-1.5 m wide. It is leafless when flowering. The small branches are slender and angular. The flowers are white or cream and very small. They occur in loose spike-like clusters. The fruit are reddish berries. They are slightly fleshy. They are about 5 mm across.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on sand in scrubland. It can tolerate frosts. Tasmania Herbarium.
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Dry sclerophyll forest, in shallow rocky soil; chiefly on the ranges.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses food medicinal
Edible flowers fruits
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
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Images

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Leptomeria drupacea unspecified picture

Distribution

Leptomeria drupacea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780312-1
WFO ID wfo-0000445936
COL ID 3TR9N
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Synonyms

Leptomeria billardierei Leptomeria drupacea Thesium drupaceum
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