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Coprosma quadrifida
Small (11 mm) glossy orange and pinkish red berries along the length of thin pendulous branches. Leaves of this plant were ovate.
Healesville is part of the Yarra Ranges. Can become very dry in summer - mostly open sclerophyll forests.
This bush was spotted growing at the Healesville Sanctuary. Berries were in profusion at the time.
Spotted on Apr 6, 2010
Submitted on Jan 6, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks for looking at this spotting and for your suggestion,Thorsten.
It does look a little like Cotoneaster but differs in several ways - It is not a tree and the branches are softer and pendulous. Also the currants are glossy and delicious looking unlike Cotoneaster's that are tough and fibrous-looking.
I have several Cotoneaster trees growing in our front and back yards and I am sure this one is not one of them. I think it is a native currant but you've prompted me to go and have a look again - so thanks !! and my Regards to you too.
Hello Leuba,
this plant remembers me to a Cotoneaster of the Rosaceae.
Best regards from Germany,
Thorsten