Proteaceae FAMILY

Persoonia falcata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Persoonia falcata is a shrub or small tree growing from 1 - 9 metres tall[ 285 Title Florabase Publication Author Website https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants , 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The fruit was a popular food of the Australian Aborigines[ 193 Title Wild Food Plants of Australia. Publication Author Low. T. Publisher Angus and Robertson. Year 1989 ISBN 0-207-14383-8 Description Well presented, clear information and good photographs. An interesting read for the casual reader as well as the enthusiast ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia.

HabitatWatercourses, sandstone cliffs and rocks, sometimes in gorges, growing in sand, sandstone and alluvium[ 285 Title Florabase Publication Author Website https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants ]. Mainly in Eucalyptus woodland, but also in Melaleuca woodland, mixed woodland, or the margins of vine thickets, and occasionally in heath[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ].