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Persoonia falcata
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Persoonia falcata

Persoonia falcata

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

A plant of the lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 900 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 38°c, but can tolerate 2 - 41°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 600 - 1,400mm, but tolerates 450 - 1,750mm[1]. Grows best in a sunny position, tolerating light shade[1]. Plants are found in the wild in well-drained substrata, most commonly in sand derived from sandstone or granite, or on dunes, but also in lateritic soils or on stony hillsides and rarely in clay[2]. Prefers a pH in the range 5 - 6, tolerating 4.5 - 6.5[1]. The plant has epicormic buds[3]. These are dormant leaf shoots on the main bole that are sometimes stimulated into growth, often through damage to the crown of the tree[PFAF].

Propagation

Seed Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Persoonia+falcata>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
  2. [2]Flora of Australia — http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ ↩︎The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource.
  3. [3]Florabase — https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ ↩︎An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants
  4. [4]Wild Food Plants of Australia. — Low. T. · Angus and Robertson. · 1989 · ISBN 0-207-14383-8 ↩︎Well presented, clear information and good photographs. An interesting read for the casual reader as well as the enthusiast
  5. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎