Common name:
Lilli Pilli
Family name:
Myrtaceae
Botanical name:
Acmena smithii
Flowering/fruiting season:
Spring flowering
Location:
Rainforests
Use:
- Food
- 'Fruit can be eaten straight from the tree and they are sweet and juicy.' (Wreck Bay Community & Renwick, 2000:50)
Notes:
Jelly (made from fruit) ' … flavour of tinned fish' (Cribb & Cribb, 1987:10)
Clumps of pink fruits are very attractive!
Language names:
Horticulture :
Well-known, widely planted ornamental tree in moister, warmer districts (Macquarie dict. trees & shrubs, 1986:20)
'... reliable, handsome, bushy tree'. 'Well-composted soils preferred but will grow in most places if moisture available.' (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:493)
Similar species:
Use code:
FRT