Cunoniaceae FAMILY

Callicoma serratifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Callicoma serratifolia is a evergreen bushy shrub or small tree; it can grow 15 - 20 metres tall but is usually less than 10 metres in cultivation. The bole of large specimens can be up to 60cm in diameter[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 343 Title Growing Native Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/ Publisher Australian National Botanic Gardens Year 0 ISBN Description A series of articles giving details of cultivation and matters of general interest (including a few plant uses) on over 250 Australian plants. , 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]. This was the main species used in 'wattle and daub' huts by the early European settlers in Australia[ 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. ].. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens, where it can be used as a hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - Queensland and New South Wales.

HabitatLighter types of rainforest, or moister Eucalyptus forests[ 156 Title Useful Wild Plants in Australia. Publication Author Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Publisher William Collins Pty Ltd. Sidney Year 1981 ISBN 0-00-216441-8 Description A very readable book. ]. Damp places along the sides of streams[ 260 Title Conservatory and Indoor Plants Volumes 1 & 2 Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books, London. Year 1998 ISBN 0-330-37376-5 Description Excellent photos of over 1,100 species and cultivars with habits and cultivation details plus a few plant uses. Many species are too tender for outdoors in Britain though there are many that can be grown outside. ]. Found mainly in rainforest and on its margins, often in regrowth, common along creeks and rocky gullies[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ].