Bushfood – Native Cherry Exocarpos cupressiformis
By: Michael Fox
Australia is famous for its loud brightly coloured parrots … read Tim Low’s “Where song began” or visit any park when the eucalyptus are flowering.
Our flowers however, with some notable exceptions, have a reputation for being understated or inconspicuous.
Native Cherry Exocarpos cupressiformis is an excellent example of inconspicuous. The orange or red fruit are quite noticeable but the flowers are the tiny buds smaller than the stems they grow on.
Tiny flower of Native Cherry
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The flowers are so tiny I had to use an olloclip macro attachment on my iPhone 6 to get close.
Mount Gravatt Environment Group 
April 14, 2015 at 2:20 pm
Hi Mike, interesting there is an external seed on the native cherry! Does it taste nice? Would be great if MEG could organize a ‘bush food’ tour of the mountain sometime?! I’d love to learn more about things that grow there that are edible. Hazel
April 14, 2015 at 2:31 pm
Yes, a fascinating plant the Native Cherry … tastes good.
I am doing some research on bushfood for our Pollinator Link project. Not ready to lead a walk yet but good idea. Thanks.
Michael