Coprosma hirtella

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• Coprosma hirtella is a shrub in the family Rubiaceae

• It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It grows to about 2 m high and has leaves that are between 15 and 50 mm long and 10 to 25 mm wide

• Plants have male and female flower clusters that appear between August and April

• These are followed by orange to reddish fruits that are 7 to 8 mm in diameter.

• The species was formally described by French botanist Jacques Labillardière in 1805, based on plant specimens collected in Tasmania

• It is a common plant of moist montane forests in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania

• The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia records "Fruit sweet, eatable, not agreeable. The fruits of other species may be eaten also.

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprosma_hirtella (2023)