
Rutaceae FAMILY
Glycosmis trifoliata
Glycosmis trifoliata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Orange berry is an evergreen shrub or small tree occasionally growing up to 8 metres tall, but more commonly no more than 4 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 plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food. It is also grown as an ornamental in gardens.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to northern Australia.
HabitatFound in sandstone or basalt soils and in sand; in gorges, screes and foreshore dunes in Western Australia[ 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 ].