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Cordyline congesta |
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| Family: ASTELIACEAE | Distribution: Queensland to Clarence River |
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Description: Shrub to 5 m. Leaves green, linear, 30-40 cm long, 2-4 cm wide with 10-20 cm long petiole. Flowers bluish. Fruit orange-red, 1-1.5 cm berry. Usually grows on the edge of and in littoral rainforest.
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Propagation: Propagate with freshly collected
seed from ripe fruit. Remove seeds from fruit and plant immediately in clean seedling mix of
2/3 washed river sand and 1/3 peat moss or organic matter. Seed germinates readily within 4 weeks (some will continue to germinate over a longer period). Seed will store if kept cool and dry and protected from insect and vermin attack. Plants can be
divided and grown from tip and stem
cuttings.
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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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