| Red Olive Plum
Cassine australis var. australis |
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| Family: CELASTRACEAE | Distribution: Queensland to Tuross Heads |
| Synonyms: Elaeodendron australe var australe | |
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Description: Shrub or small tree to 8 m. Leaves mostly opposite, green-glabrous, margins glossy, 4-15 cm long, 15-50 mm wide. Flowers yellowish green, appearing mostly in spring. Fruit a drupe, orange-red, 4-15 mm round maturing summer/autumn. Usually found growing in littoral rainforest and occasionally on headlands.
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Propagation: Propagate with freshly collected
seed from ripe fruit. Remove skin and flesh by soaking in water for 24 hrs. Plant immediately in clean seedling mix of 2/3 washed river sand and 1/3 peat moss or organic matter. Germination is difficult and erratic.
Cuttings are very slow to strike.
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Regeneration use: Climax species, usually used in assisted rehabilitation projects, i.e. ecosystem has remnant value and is not fully degraded. Can be used as pioneer species.
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CPR Coastal Plant Regeneration |
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