Ericaceae FAMILY

Acrotriche aggregata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Acrotriche aggregata is an erect, spreading, evergreen shrub or small tree. It can grow up to 6 metres tall in the tropical, northern part of its range, though is often smaller and, towards the temperate south of its range, is more commonly 40 - 120cm tall[ 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. , 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ]. The edible fruit is sometimes gathered from the wild for local consumption.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeEastern Australia - Queensland and New South Wales

HabitatUsually near the coast, in open forest, wet sclerophyll forest, and sometimes on rainforest margins; growing in rocky sandstone and granite areas with skeletal sandy soils; at elevations of 800 - 1,200 metres in the north of its range[ 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. , 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].