Carissa ovata
“Currant Bush”
SHRUB 1 TO 7 METRES TALLSprawling habit, leaves have spines at base, tubular perfumed white flowers in Spring & edible purplish black berry which is Bush tucker. Hardy & mildly frost tolerant. Attracts butterflies. Useful as a prickly hedge or screen.
| Suitability |
|---|
| Small Shrubs up to 2m |
| Apocynaceae |
| Full Sun / Filtered Sun |
| Adaptable |
| Dry Sclerophyll Forest |
| Features |
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| Bird Attracting, Black Cracking Soils Plants, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Creek Species, Dry Tropics Native Plant Species, Edible Fruit Plants, Fire Resistant Plants, Perfumed Flowering Plants, Screen Plants |
| Localities |
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| Chapel Hill, Cubberla Creek, Enoggera Catchment, Ipswich area, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Logan City, Pine Rivers, Pinjarra Hills, Pullenvale, South Brisbane, St Lucia, Sunshine Coast district, Upper Brookfield, West End |
