Scientific Name: Cyathodes platystoma Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: tall cheeseberry

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Ericaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Tall shrub with brown branchlets, and leaves 36-63mm long, with pointed tips and raised veins, arranged in whorls.

Flowers: Floral tube is short, broad and U-shaped, with long, dense hairs near the throat.

Fruit: Drupe – purple, 6-12mm wide, contains 2-7 seeds.

Municipality
Tasman
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Wet forest on the Tasman and Forester Peninsulas, also Bruny Island.

General Notes

Described in 1996.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Difficult to grow from seed.

Seed Treatment Method

Fermentation Collect fleshy fruits in a plastic bag, mash up and allowed to ferment to replicate digestion by a bird.

Seed Treatment Notes

May take 1-3 years to germinate. Seed is said to germinate better after passing through a bird.

Germination Time

1-3 years