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Scientific Name:Osteocarpum salsuginosum (syn. Threlkeldia salsuginosa)
Bonefruit
Bonefruit
Ex Matters & Bozon

Status:
Native to Victoria and South Australia.

Plant Description:
Perennial, erect shrub with prostrate stems and ascending branches to 20 cm.

Further Details:		Leaves are fleshy to succulent, hairy, cylindrical and pointed. Flowers are borne in leaf axils. Flowers in summer. Fruiting body hard, brownish, about 1.5 mm long, more or less globular.

Habitat:
Occurs in many soil types, especially on claypan and scalds. In saline conditions it can become quite abundant, but not usually the dominant member.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon MurrayS0, S1, S2W2, W3

Comments:
Very similar in general appearance to Water Weed (Osteocarpum acropterum syn. Babbagia acroptera) but the fruiting body of that plant is winged. The two species are largely co-extensive in range, but the latter extends more into Mallee country (e.g. Wyperfeld National Park, Pink Lakes), whereas the former is largely confined to the Murray River flood-plain

Bonefruit photos

Bonefruit plant
Bonefruit plants
Photo: A J Brown
Bonefruit fruiting
Fruiting Bonefruit
Photo: A J Brown

Bonefruit fowers and fruit
Flowers and fruit of Bonefruit
Photo: A J Brown

Bonefruit fruit
Bonefruit fruit
Photo: A J Brown

Bonefruit leaves
Leaves of Bonefruit
Photo: A J Brown

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