Acronychia acidula
Rutaceae FAMILY

Acronychia acidula

Acronychia acidula

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lemon aspen is an evergreen tree growing up to 27 metres tall, though more commonly around 10 metres[ 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph. ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use. The fruit is becoming more popular as part of the growing 'bush foods' industry, being grown on a small scale and sold in markets etc[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. , 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeAustralia - Queensland.
HabitatUpland rain forests at elevations up to 900 metres[ 689 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 55 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University. Year 1974 ISBN Description Various articles on plants, including a revision of the genus Acronychia. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].