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Scientific Name
Leptomeria drupacea
Family Name
SANTALACEAE
Common Name
Drupe Bush
Status
Height
1.5m - 2.5m (150-250cm)
Flowers
Cream, very small (under 3mm across) and numerous in spikes on the twiggy branches.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Broom-like shrub with angular branches, often slender, leafless at flowering time.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Grassy Vegetation; Heath
Habitat Notes
Occasional but widespread, more frequent in the north than in the south of the state. Sea level to at least 500m in heathland and dry open scrub forest.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Moist; Rocky; Semi-shade
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit, drupe-like greenish, white or red, 5-8mm in diameter. collect individually by hand , knock onto groundsheets or run hand along the fruiting branches. store in cool, dry place
Seed Treatment Method
Soaking
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
May be slow to germinate.
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
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