Alyxia ruscifolia
“Chain Fruit”
UPRIGHT SHRUB 3M TALL BY 1.5M ACROSSDark green ornate glossy leaves. Fragrant white flowers in Spring to Summer, then bird attracting orange-red berries. Small bird nesting habitat, & Fireflies mate on the leaves on warm summer nights. Hardy, tolerates dry conditions & shade.
| Suitability |
|---|
| Medium Shrubs up to 5m |
| Apocynaceae |
| Sun or Shade |
| Loam, Stony, Well-drained, Well-mulched |
| Dry Rainforest, Dry Sclerophyll Forest |
| Features |
|---|
| Bird Attracting, Drought Tolerant Species, Frost Tolerant Plants |
| Localities |
|---|
| Alderley, Auchenflower, Bardon, Bracken Ridge, Bridgeman Downs, Capalaba West, Carseldine, Chapel Hill, Cubberla Creek, Dorrington, Enoggera, Enoggera Catchment, Everton Park, Ferny Grove, Fruitgrove, Gaythorne, Grovely, Highgate Hill, Hill End, Indooroopilly, Ipswich area, Ironside, Ithaca, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Keperra, Logan City, Milton, Mitchelton, Mt Coot-tha, Mt Crosby, Normanby, Oakleigh, Oxford Park, Paddington, Petrie Tce, Pine Rivers, Pinjarra Hills, Pullenvale, Rainworth, Red Hill, Rosalie, Runcorn, Sunshine Coast district, Taringa, The Gap, Toowong, Torwood, Underwood, Upper Brisbane Valley - Dry Sclerophyll Forest, Upper Brookfield, Westlake |
