Einadia hastata

(R. Br.) A. J. Scott

Saloop, Berry Saltbush

Amaranthaceae Edible: Leaves, Fruit

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Description

A herb. It grows 2 m tall. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are ribbed. The leaves are simple and alternate or opposite. They are 0.8-4 cm long by 0.6-2.3 cm wide. New growth has some hairs. The leaf stalks are 0.4-1.2 cm long. The flowers are on branched stalks at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. The flowers are 0.5-1 mm across and do not have petals. There are 5 red sepals. The fruit is a red berry. It is 2-3 mm across. There is one black seed.

Edible Uses

The leaves are eaten after boiling to remove excess salt. The fruit are also edible.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are eaten after boiling to remove extra salt.

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Distribution

Geelong Botanical Gardens. It grows in monsoon forest and vine forest. In tropical Australia it grows from sea level to 850 m altitude.

Where It Grows

Australia*,

Cultivation

A spacing of 30 cm by 50 cm is suitable.

Notes

It has also been put in the family Chenopodiaceae.

Synonyms

Rhagodia hastata R. Br.

References (9)

Cooper, W. and Cooper, W., 2004, Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Nokomis Editions, Victoria, Australia. p 120
Flora of Australia, Volume 4, Phytolaccaceae to Chenopodiaceae, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1984) p 164
Hunter, J. T. & Sheringham, P., 2006, Vegetation and Floristics of Melville Range Nature Reserve. A Report to the New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service. p 172
Hunter, J., 2012, Vegetation and Floristics of Gilwarny and Wingadee Nature Reserves. A Report to the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service p 115
Hunter, J., 2015, Vegetation and flora of Naree and Yantabulla. A Draft Report to the Bush Heritage Australia

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Hunter, J.T., 2017, Is there a relationship between contemporary high Aboriginal plant resource locations and mapped vegetation communities? Cunninghamia 17:27-34. The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. ISSN 2200 - 405X
Williams, K.A.W., 1999, Native Plants of Queensland Volume 4. Keith A.W. Williams North Ipswich, Australia. p 172
www.ceres.org.au/bushfoodcatalogue
www.fsd.monash.edu.au/files/bethgottpamphley_po.pdf