(Acmena ingens)
Red Apple,Southern Satinash
REGION:...Read MoreAcmena ingens is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia(New South Wales to Gympie)
TRUNK: is cylindrical, smooth and straight with a greyish or fawn coloured bark. The base of larger trees are buttressed.
LEAVES: are simple, not toothed, opposite on the stem; around 7 to 13 cm long. Oil dots seen in young growth, the thin elliptical leaves often have a prominent pointed tip.
FLOWER:White flowers form in panicles from November to December.
FRUIT:Fruit spherical to egg-shaped pink turning dark red. Edible (but not very tasty) produced mostly in winter, but can occur at other times.The fruit is a large red berry, 25 to 40 mm in diameter. Inside is a single seed surrounded by white flesh.
This tree is attractive to fruit eating birds(Wompoo Fruit Dove, Green Catbird, Eastern Rosella, Pied Currawong and Topknot Pigeon.) and other wildlife.
(Acmena ingens)
Red Apple,Southern Satinash
REGION:...Read More