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Gossia hillii
“Scaly Myrtle”

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TREE 6 TO 12 METRES TALLLovely tree, brownish/cream bark & dark green glossy foliage, white perfumed flowers in Spring/Summer & glossy black fruit with pale lavender flesh, edible when fully ripe in Jan/April. Fruit is relished by birds.

Suitability
Category	Small Trees up to 10m
Family	Myrtaceae
Aspect	Full Sun / Filtered Sun
Soil	Moist, Well-drained
Habitat	Dry Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting, Creek Species, Dry Rainforest, Edible Fruit Plants
Localities
Ashgrove, Cubberla Creek, Enoggera Catchment, Enoggera Ck Corridor, Ipswich area, Pine Rivers, South Brisbane, St Lucia, West End
Fruit & Berry Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela), Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)