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CURRANT BUSH
Carissa ovata
Plant Family
Apocynaceae
Alternative Common Names
kunkerberry
Shrub 1 to 7 metres tall with sprawling habit. Attracts butterflies and birds.
Leaves - have spines at base, glossy and oval shaped. Milky sap in branchlets and leaves.
Flowers - tubular, five petaled, perfumed and white borne in clusters.
Fruit - edible purplish black berry which is Bush tucker.
Flowering spring.
Habitat
Dry and subtropical rainforest, eucalypt and brigalow communities.
5, 6, 20
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