Communities

Scientific Name

Trochocarpa gunnii

Family Name

EPACRIDACEAE

Common Name

Sweet-scented Trochocarpa

Status

Height

6.0m (600cm)

Flowers

Small, sweetly scented pinkish-white in short dense spikes near the ends of branches.

Fruit

Berries or drupes

Form

Tall shrub, which forms twisted spreading branches in the understorey.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Rainforest; Sub-alpine habitats

Habitat Notes

Tas. endemic. Widespread, but not common, in rainforests of south, centre and west. Extends into sub-alpine habitats especially near quartzite outcrops.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Moist; Rocky; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained

General Notes

Not suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit a globular drupe 6-8mm in dia. pale to dark blue, occasionally orange

Seed Treatment Method

Fermentation

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Difficult to grow from seed. Bird-ingested seed or seed treated with acid may improve results.

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

Has proven difficult in cultivation, but can be rooted from cuttings and may then grow slowly in a sheltered site.