Scientific Name: Tetragonia implexicoma

Common Name: bower spinach

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Aizoaceae

Form Description: Succulent trailing plant, leaves 5cm long, produces juicy orange-red to blackish globular fruit.

Flowers: Small, stalked flowers with 4 yellow, strongly scented petals.

Fruit: Orange-red to black spherical berries or drupes containing 2-3 brown seeds.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeSorellTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Widespread on coasts.

Frost Tolerance

Tender

General Notes

Good plant to grow on sandy banks, position at 1m intervals for dense cover. Fruits taste salty sweet, and leaves are also edible. Low maintenance, resistant to salt spray.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Use fresh seed. Remove flesh and soak for 12 hours in cold water prior to sowing.

Cutting & Division Information

Easily propagated from cuttings.