Dodonaea triquetra
J. C. Wendl.
Common hop-bush
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit - yeast substitute
The fruit have been used as a substitute for hops in brewing and as a yeast substitute for bread making.
How to Identify
A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 2-4 m tall. The leaves are 5-11 cm long and 1-3 cm wide. They are pointed at the tip. The flowers are small and 1 cm across. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are 3 winged capsule. They are greenish-red and turn purple brown as they ripen. They are 1 cm long and 1 cm wide.
How to Grow
Plants grow from seeds.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Dodonaea triquetra, commonly known as large-leaf hop-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is usually a dioecious shrub with simple elliptic, sometimes lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves, flowers in panicles on the ends of branches, each flower usually with four sepals, eight stamens, and a three-winged capsule.
Names & Synonyms
References (1)
- Caton, J.M. & Hardwick, R. J., 2016, Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia. Harbour Publishing House. p 254
