Wilkiea macrophylla
(A. Cunn.) A. DC.
Large-leaved wilkiea
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Greg Tasney
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Greg Tasney
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Greg Tasney
What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds
The seeds are boiled for 15 minutes and then eaten.
How to Identify
It is a shrub or small tree. It grows 4-8 m tall. The leaves are simple and oblong. They are more pale and dull underneath. There are sharp teeth along the edge. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are clusters of small black berries. They are 15 mm long.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Wilkiea macrophylla, commonly known as large-leaved wilkiea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a glabrous shrub or small tree with narrowly to broadly elliptic leaves, and male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers have 2 pairs of tepals and usually 2 pairs of stamens, and female flowers have 6 or 7 pairs of tepals and 13 to 20 carpels. The fruit is a glossy purplish to olive black drupe.
Names & Synonyms
References (1)
- BRAIN, Brisbane Rainforest Action and Information Network.
