Common Name: Native Cherry
Botanical Name: Exocarpus cupressiformis
Family: SANTALACEAE
Description:
Dense, bright green to bronze-green, shrub to small cypress-like tree, 3-8 m high. Tiny, reduced to scales, 1-2 mm long, along slender, bright green branchlets. Very small, green flowers, stalkless, in short (3-8 mm long) spikes. Throughout the year. Small, rounded nut, to 5 mm diameter, attached to swollen fruit-like stalk which is succulent, bright red and about twice the size of the actual fruit when ripe. Summer (December to February).
Dense, bright green to bronze-green, shrub to small cypress-like tree, 3-8 m high. Tiny, reduced to scales, 1-2 mm long, along slender, bright green branchlets. Very small, green flowers, stalkless, in short (3-8 mm long) spikes. Throughout the year. Small, rounded nut, to 5 mm diameter, attached to swollen fruit-like stalk which is succulent, bright red and about twice the size of the actual fruit when ripe. Summer (December to February).
Natural Distribution:
Widely distributed throughout moderate to higher rainfall areas in most agricultural districts of SA (absent from the Murray region). Extends into Qld, NSW, Vic and Tas. Common to woodland areas.
Widely distributed throughout moderate to higher rainfall areas in most agricultural districts of SA (absent from the Murray region). Extends into Qld, NSW, Vic and Tas. Common to woodland areas.
Notes:
A root parasite of nearby plants. Fruit dispersed by birds.
A root parasite of nearby plants. Fruit dispersed by birds.
