Santalaceae FAMILY

Exocarpos strictus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Exocarpos strictus is a more or less deciduous, erect shrub or small tree growing up to 3.5 metres tall. The flexible branches are sometimes pendulous near their ends[ 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. , 1461 Title Flora of Tasmania Online Publication Author Duretto MF (Ed.) Website http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania Publisher Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery: Hobart Year 2009 ISBN Description An excellent flora, in the process of being published (58 family treatments as of 2017). It can be accesed online and can also be downloaded as PDFs. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - Tasmania, eastern South Australia, Victoria, eastern New South Wales, southeastern Queensland

HabitatFound in various habitats including eucalypt forest and river banks[ 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. ]. River banks on poor clay soils[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ]. Heaths and dry sclerophyll forests[ 265 Title Flora of the Sydney Region Publication Author Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Publisher Reed. Australia. Year 1993 ISBN 0730104001 Description Concise flora with little beyond an extensive key, species descriptions, very brief habitat description. ].