A native tree with delightful purple fruit this is a favourite of the lilly pilly group. The delicate fruit is aromatic with a sweetish slightly gingery or turpentine flavour. Fruit is spongy and delicate. The glossy green leaves have numerous large oil glands that give a distinctive smell when crushed and distinguish it from other lilly pillies. The red flower buds open as pretty fluffy white flowers that are typical of the lilly pilly family.
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 5-8 | Medium | No | Evergreen | March - May |
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It's Australian, don't forget! | George Toomda - Adelaide, SA 19-Feb-2008
Would you send to Western Australia? | Olga Odonnell - Woodridge, WA 22-Oct-2008
Yes we can send this one to Western Australia. | Correy - Brisbane, QLD 22-Oct-2008
Don't ever eat the seeds of the lillypilly - just the flesh. It is great to add to fresh garden or fruit salad, providing that it will get eaten that day. Try it...you won't regret it!! | Tina H Carmody - Joondanna, WA 06-Apr-2009
I know you can eat the fruit - but can you eat the seed inside too? | Sarah Jones - Perth, WA 10-Apr-2009
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