SANTALACEAE

Dwarf Cherry; Pale-fruit Ballart

 

1.0m - 2.5m (100-250cm) 

Flowers small or minute, in small axillary clusters of 2-4 together. 

Nuts 

Large, upright or spreading shrub with many vertical branches; leaves reduced to minute scales. 

Break O'Day; Brighton; 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 

Coastal Vegetation; Heath; Wet Eucalypt Forest 

Found on a wide variety of climatic and soil conditions, including in wet forests, on the coast, subalpine and inland regions. Also is widespread but occasional in dry heath. 

Dry; Moist; Shady 

 

Clay; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained 

Some growers recommend seedlings 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). Suitable below powerlines. 

Seed is contained in hard nuts that become green topurplish-black on maturity, attached to a succulent whitish to pale-purplish stalk. harvest fruits individually by hand 

Standard 

Short 

 

Difficult to grow from seed. Seed has short viability period; use fresh seed. Because of the semi-parasitic root development, it may be advisable to provide a host from the potting-on stage. Small shrubs or native grasses may be suitable hosts. 

 

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