Family: Santalaceae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 2m high.
Flowers: Tiny greenish-brown to red 5-petalled star-like flowers in stalkless erect spikes 2-4cm long.
Flowering: February-April.
Fruit: An edible green, ovoid drupe about 7mm long sometimes tinged with purple.
Leaves: Minute scale-like triangular leaves 1-2mm long that fall early from stems. The stems are slender, angular and have parallel stripes.
Habitat: Common in sheltered locations in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Leafless angular stems. Edible green succulent berries sometimes tinged with purple.
Name:
Leptomeria From Greek = slender-part (referring to its branches)
acida From Latin = acidic (referring to the acid or sour taste of its fruit)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Green, Rust, Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
2, 3, 4 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Drupe |
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Colour |
Green, Purple |
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Other Features |
Fleshy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Absent/Reduced |
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Type |
- |
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Shape |
- |
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Length |
Tiny |
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Margins |
- |
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Attachment |
- |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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