Canthium lucidum
Hook. & Arn.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
It grows beside freshwater streams. It is often in monsoon forest.
Australia*,
How to Identify
A spreading shrub or small tree. It grows 2-10 m high. It generally has several stems. The leaves are slightly leathery. They are opposite and smooth. They are narrow or oval. The blade is 8-14 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. The leaf is paler underneath. The flowers are white but turn yellow with age. They have 5-6 petals arranged like a star. The flowers are about 1 cm across and in groups of 4-6. The fruit is smooth and 2 lobed. It is about 1.5 cm across. It is red when ripe and contains 2 seeds. The fruit are edible.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from fresh seed.
Notes
There are about 200 Canthium species. Canthium lucidum Hook. & Arn. is a synonym of Psydrax odorata subsp. odorata while Canthium lucidum Br. is a ;legitimate name.
Names & Synonyms
References (3)
- Brock,J., 1993, Native Plants of Northern Australia, Reed. p 113
- Lazarides, M. & Hince, B., 1993, Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia, CSIRO. p 46
- www.theplantlist.org
