Common name: Five Corners Family name: Epacridaceae Botanical name: Styphelia triflora Flowering/fruiting season: Winter and spring Location: Tableland-lower hills, uncommon (Flood, 1980:96) Woodland and dry forest areas especially in eastern parts of ACT (Burbidge & Grey, 1976:291)

Use:

• Food
• 'Sweet pulp of small fruits was eaten raw' (Flood, 1980:96)

Notes:
'The green-brown fruit are about the size of a small grape … surrounded by five persistent sepals'; '… "hard to see but you do get an eye for them" - Julie Freeman; … "best berries in the bush" - Elaine Sturgeon' (Wreck Bay Community & Renwick, 2000:35)

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Horticulture :

• ACT form of plant, green flowers.
• Requires well-composted soil; well-drained but not allowed to dry out. Some shade is desirable.
• S. tubiflora (photo) bears bright red tubular flowers. (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:470)

Similar species:

Use code:
FRT

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