SANTALACEAE

Native Cherry

 

3.0m - 8.0m (300-800cm) 

Insignificant cream flowers; clustered on short stems towards end s of branches. 

Nuts 

Small pine-like tree; brown-ridged bark; dense fine yellow-green branches. 

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar 

Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland 

Common. Widespread in light forests. Often in dry rocky sites in eucalyptus woodlands in the east. 

Dry 

Hardy 

Fertile; Poor; Well-drained 

Parasite on roots of nearby plants; requires host species for successful growth. Some growers recommend potting on seedlings with a native grass to act as host; others state seedling should be planted out where Casuarinaceae, Fabaceae, Mimosaceaea, Myrtaceae, or Proteaceae family are growing. One successful method from seed is feeding to hens, extracting from droppings , and sowing with Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass). * "Cuttings from vigorous new young growth (eg. post bushfire) strike well on mist & heat. Potting on with grasses not suitable (grasses too aggressive in growth). Success potting on with less vigorous ground covers (even this may not be required). Plants slow but grow well once planted out." - Will Fletcher. Difficult to propagate and grow, probably due to its parasitic nature. Tolerates shallow soils. Resistant to Phytophora cinnamomi. Not suitable below powerlines. 

Few flowers mature to fruit. ripe fruit base is fleshy, red and edible; nut sits on top. green nut has thin outer shell (contains 1 seed), becomes hard, releases easily when ripe. harvest fruits individually by hand 

 

 

 

Difficult to grow from seed, usually grown from cuttings. Bird ingested seed has good levels of germination. 

6-18 months. 

 

 

 

No 

Difficult to grow from cuttings. Jam a sharp spade into soil at intervals around individual trees. This will cut roots and cause suckering. Pieces of these roots and suckers can then be transplanted. Or, cuttings 8cm long from juvenile foliage, placed in container with host (established plant or cutting of species which strikes easily and is small or slow-growing). *