Amyema pendulum
Drooping Mistletoe
a perennial woody member of the Amyema genus in the family Loranthaceae.
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Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Genus
- Amyema
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Woodiness
- woody
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
This section contains historical Plants For A Future notes marked noncommercial.
Fruit - raw or cooked. A sweet and pleasant taste but a very glutinous texture[3]. There are no edible uses listed for Amyema pendulum.
Environment
- Range
- Australia - all mainland states.
- Habitat
- An epiphytic parasitic shrub, growing mainly on Eucalyptus species[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
References
Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976-00-00 ISBN 0-00-634436-4
Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Flora of the Sydney Region Reed. Australia. 1993-00-00 ISBN 0730104001
Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana ISBN 0-00-634436-4 (1976-00-00)