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.
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