Native Cherry

Description:

Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill, commonly known as the native cherry or cherry ballart, belongs to the sandalwood family of plants. It is a species endemic to Australia. Small red fruit hanging from the branches of a tree with an small edible fruit hanging underneath. Looked a bit like a cashew fruit only much smaller and the fruit was round, not cashew shaped. The cherry ballart superficially resembles the cypress.

Habitat:

Growing on tress in Churchill National Park. Plants are found in sclerophyll forest, especially in shallow soils, and on granite outcrops in eastern Australia.

Notes:

Aboriginal bush tucker.