Communities

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

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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