Bracyloma depressum
Benth.
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Bracyloma depressum is an evergreen Shrub growing to 1.8 m (6ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw or cooked. A heavy, musky odour.
Distribution
Australia - Victoria and Tasmania.
Where It Grows
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Cultivation
Requires a well-drained, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil and prefers a position in the dappled shade provided by an overhead canopy. Succeeds in full sun if grown in a moist soil that does not dry out in the summer, so long as there is some sort of protection from the sun at the roots (a ground cover plant for example). The plant thrives in a poor soil so long as it is of sufficiently open nature to allow the roots to spread widely in their search for nutrients. Plants do not respond well to fertilizers. Plants are not very frost-hardy, tolerating only light frosts. They can possibly be grown outdoors in the mildest areas of the country if given the protection of a wall, but in general they will need to be grown in a greenhouse. Uncommon in cultivation, largely due to the difficulties in propagating the plant. 154
