Common name: Pearl Fruit, Pearl Berry
Margyricarpus pinnatus (Lam.) Kuntze APNI* Description: Semi-prostrate shrub, 30 cm high, stems slender with rough texture due to persistant leaf bases.
Alternate, imparipinnate with 5–7 leaflets, leaves 5–10 mm long.
Axillary, mainly 2 prominent stamens with a central mass of translucent hairs.
White fleshy fruit, 5–10 mm long, with a green tuft at the distal end.
Flowering: Spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Native of South America. Disturbed eucalypt woodland.
NSW subdivisions: *CT
Text by A. Perkins
Taxon concept:
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