Family Index

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Scientific Name

Cyathodes platystoma

Family Name

EPACRIDACEAE

Common Name

Tall Cheeseberry

Status

Height

Flowers

Floral tube is short, broad and U-shaped, with long, dense hairs near the throat.

Fruit

Berries or drupes

Form

Tall shrub with brown branchlets, and leaves 36-63mm long, with pointed tips and raised veins, arranged in whorls.

Municipalities

Tasman

Communities

Habitat Notes

Tasmanian endemic. Wet forest on the Tasman and Forester Peninsulas, also Bruny Island.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Described in 1996. 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

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

Drupe is purple, 6-12mm wide and contains 2-7 seeds.

Seed Treatment Method

Fermentation

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Difficult to grow from seed. May take 1-3 years to germinate. Seed is said to germinate better after passing through a bird.

Germination Time

1-3 years

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