Pilidiostigma glabrum

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Plant  information

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Flowers

• Floral parts are hairless

• White or pink flowers grow relatively large, 2 cm across, appearing from April to November

Fruit:                            

• Fruit are a purplish black pear shaped berry, up to 13 mm in diameter, with four to eight kidney shaped seeds

• Seeds germinate easily from 7 to 28 days

• Cuttings are slow to strike roots

Leaves:         

• Leaves are hairless

• Leaves opposite on the stem, 2 to 10 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide, oil glands, very small

• A narrow leaf form is found near Crystal Creek, in northern NSW

Stem & branches: 

•  Small branches coloured purple/brown

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A small tree or shrub

Habitat:   

• Rainforests

Distribution:                  

• Native to eastern Australia

• Commonly seen in disturbed sites from near Port Macquarie in the south to Fraser Island in the north

Additional notes:     

• Pilidiostigma glabrum, the plum myrtle, is a small tree or shrub native to the rainforests of eastern Australia. 

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Sources of information:

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