Coprosma hirtella

1 Currant Bush at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Coprosma hirtella	17 Mar 2015	BettyDonWood
Coprosma hirtella	16 Mar 2015	FranM
Unidentified	15 Mar 2015	jeremyahagan

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User's notes

Small waxy green leaves and tomato-like berries. Berries smelled like tomatoes when crushed and each had a single seed like an orange seed. Shrub was up to waist height.

2 comments

jeremyahagan wrote:

13 Mar 2018

Are these edible?

BettyDonWood wrote:

13 Mar 2018

Probably. One of the New Zealand species is at any rate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprosma
As are 4 species of Tasmanian Coprosma. http://www.potn.com.au/edible_plants.html

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Location information

Coordinates 148.847650 -35.722575
Altitude 1323.9m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Cotter River, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
15 Mar 2015 11:46 AM Recorded on
jeremyahagan Recorded by

Species information

Coprosma hirtella Scientific name
Currant Bush Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
Up to 1757.18m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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