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Scientific Name
Alyxia buxifolia
Family Name
APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)
Common Name
Sea-box
Status
Height
prostrate 2.0m (200cm)
Flowers
Scented, white, 2-7 in terminal clusters, 5 windmill petals, orange tube.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Sprawling shrub, many spreading branches. Shiny oval, dark green leaves.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Latrobe; Waratah-Wynyard; West Tamar
Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Among rocks in salt spray zone, cliffs & old dunes, harshly exposed sites. Local on rocks & cliffs northern Tas, north & north-west coasts.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Exposed; Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Treatment of drupes with hydrochloric acid will give reasonable results. Gibberallic acid treatment at a rate of 5000 ppm may also aid in germination. Collect fruit from tree by knocking onto groundsheet. Remove outer covering & store nuts in cool, dry, well-ventilated place; use within 1-2 years. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fleshy drupe 6-10mm diam, orange or red (often 2 end-to-end) at maturity . collect seed from bird droppings in area where plants occur. fruit ripe when outer covering dry. ** see gen. notes
Seed Treatment Method
Fermentation
Seed Storage Life
1-2 years
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Difficult to grow from seed. Remove flesh & sow entire drupe. Bird-ingested seed gives good results. Untreated seed gives poor results in 2-8 months. * See Gen. notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
Cuttings slow to strike.
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