Bracyloma depressum
| Bracyloma depressum | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Evergreen | |
| Height: | 6' |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Bracyloma depressum
Cultivation: Requires a well-drained, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil and prefers a position in the dappled shade provided by an overhead canopy[1]. Succeeds in full sun if grown in a moist soil that does not dry out in the summer, so long as there is some sort of protection from the sun at the roots (a ground cover plant for example)[1]. The plant thrives in a poor soil so long as it is of sufficiently open nature to allow the roots to spread widely in their search for nutrients[1]. Plants do not respond well to fertilizers[1].
Plants are not very frost-hardy, tolerating only light frosts[1]. They can possibly be grown outdoors in the mildest areas of the country if given the protection of a wall, but in general they will need to be grown in a greenhouse[1].
Uncommon in cultivation, largely due to the difficulties in propagating the plant[1].
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Range: Australia - Victoria and Tasmania.
Habitat: Granite rocks[2].
Edibility: Fruit - raw or cooked[3]. A heavy, musky odour[3].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Ewart, Alfred. Recording Census of the Victorian Flora. 1923.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cribb, Alan and Joan Cribb. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana, 1976.