Bracyloma depressum
a perennial woody evergreen member of the Bracyloma genus in the family Epacridaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Epacridaceae
- Genus
- Bracyloma
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Foliage
- evergreen
- Woodiness
- woody
- Height
- 1.8 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
Fruit - raw or cooked[3]. A heavy, musky odour[3]. There are no edible uses listed for Bracyloma depressum.
Environment
- Range
- Australia - Victoria and Tasmania.
- Habitat
- Granite rocks[1].
- 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
Cultivation
This section contains historical Plants For A Future notes marked noncommercial.
Requires a well-drained, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil and prefers a position in the dappled shade provided by an overhead canopy[2]. Succeeds in full sun if grown in a moist soil that does not dry out in the summer, so long as there is some sort of protection from the sun at the roots (a ground cover plant for example)[2]. The plant thrives in a poor soil so long as it is of sufficiently open nature to allow the roots to spread widely in their search for nutrients[2]. Plants do not respond well to fertilizers[2]. Plants are not very frost-hardy, tolerating only light frosts[2]. They can possibly be grown outdoors in the mildest areas of the country if given the protection of a wall, but in general they will need to be grown in a greenhouse[2]. Uncommon in cultivation, largely due to the difficulties in propagating the plant[2]. 154
References
Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976-00-00 ISBN 0-00-634436-4