Acronychia pubescens
(Bailey) C.T. White
Hairy Acronychia
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It is common in rainforests in south-east Queensland and Northeast New South Wales in Australia. It needs well drained soil and plenty of water. It is frost tender when young. It needs a protected position.
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How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The pods are flattened.
How to Grow
It is grown from seed. It responds to fertiliser.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Acronychia pubescens, commonly known as hairy acronychia or hairy aspen, is a species of tall shrub or small tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It usually has trifoliate leaves, rarely simple leaves, groups of whitish flowers in leaf axils and creamy to yellowish, elliptical to spherical fruit.
Production
Plants are slow growing. Flowering is April to June and fruit mature January to September.
Notes
There are 42-50 Acronychia species.
References (5)
- Edible and Useful Native Plants (off internet)
- Elliot, W.R., & Jones, D.L., 1982, Encyclopedia of Australian Plants suitable for cultivation. Vol 2. Lothian. p 143
- Jones D, L, 1986, Ornamental Rainforest Plants in Australia, Reed Books, p 104
- Williams, J.B., Harden, G.J., and McDonald, W.J.F., 1984, Trees and shrubs in rainforests of New South Wales and Southern Queensland. Univ. of New England, Armidale. p 24
- Williams, K.A.W., 1999, Native Plants of Queensland Volume 4. Keith A.W. Williams North Ipswich, Australia. p 44
