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Brisbane Plant List

Edible Plants

The Edible Plant List for Brisbane is based on:

Edible properties
Suitability to Brisbane's rising heat, humidity and rainfall patterns
Ability to source in local nurseries
Hardiness in cultivation

Fruit

Botanical Name	Common Name	Harvesting Season
Citrus limon	Lemon	Summer
Passiflora edulis	Passionfruit	Summer
Solanum lycopersicum	Tomato	Spring

Vegetables

Botanical Name	Common Name	Harvesting Season
Cucurbita maxima	Pumpkin	Summer

Herbs

Botanical Name	Common Name	Harvesting Season
Thymus vulgaris	Thyme	Year round

Ecological Plants

The Ecological Plant List for Brisbane is based on:

Endemism to the broader Brisbane region
Suitability to Brisbane's rising heat, humidity and rainfall patterns
Ability to source in local nurseries
Hardiness in cultivation

Large Trees

Botanical Name	Common Name	Wildlife	Edible
Acacia melanoxylon	Blackwood	Pollinators	No
Allocasuarina torulosa	Forest She-Oak	Birds	No
Commersonia bartramia	Brown Kurrajong	Butterflies + Birds	No
Lophostemon suaveolens	Swamp Box	Pollinators	No
Melaleuca quinquenervia	Paperbark Tea Tree	Birds + Marsupials	Nectar
Melicope elleryana	Pink Elodie	Birds +. Butterflies	No
Podocarpus elatus	Plum Pine	Birds	Fruit (not seed!)
Syzygium francisii	Giant Water Gum	Birds + Pollinators	Berries
Syzygium luehmannii	Riberry	Birds + Pollinators	Berries
Waterhousea floribunda	Weeping Lilly Pilly	Birds + Pollinators	Berries

Medium Trees

Botanical Name	Common Name	Wildlife	Edible
Acacia complanata	Flat-Stemmed Wattle	Pollinators	No
Acacia fimbriata	Brisbane Wattle	Pollinators	No
Acacia podalyriifolia	QLD Silver Wattle	Pollinators	No
Backhousia citriodora	Lemon Myrtle	Pollinators	Leaves
Bursaria spinosa	Native Blackthorn	Pollinators	No
Callistemon viminalis	Red Bottlebrush	Pollinators + Birds	Nectar

Large Shrubs

Botanical Name	Common Name	Wildlife	Edible
Alocasia brisbanensis	Cunjevoi Lily	Butterflies	No
Alyxia ruscifolia	Prickly Alyxia	Birds + Fireflies	No
Breynia oblongifolia	Coffee Bush	Birds	No
Citrus australasica	Finger Lime	Butterflies	Fruits
Dodonaea triquetra	Hop Bush	Birds	No
Hakea florulenta	Wallum Hakea	Birds	No
Lomatia silaifolia	Parsley Bush	Birds	No
Melastoma affine	Blue Tongue	Birds & Pollinators	Berries
Pipturus argenteus	Native Mulberry	Butterflies	Berries
Pittosporum revolutum	Yellow Pittosporum	Birds	No
Pultenaea villosa	Eggs and Bacon Pea	Pollinators	No

Small Shrubs

Botanical Name	Common Name	Wildlife	Edible
Acrotriche aggregata	Ground Berry	Birds + Marsupials	Berries
Asplenium australasicum	Bird's Nest Fern	Insects + Reptiles	No
Austromyrtus dulcis	Midym Berry	Birds + Marsupials	Berries
Blechnum cartilagineum	Gristle Fern	Insects + Reptiles	No
Calochlaena dubia	Soft Bracken Fern	Insects + Reptiles	No
Doryanthes palmeri	Giant Spear Lily	Birds + Butterflies	Nectar + Flowers
Lomandra multiflora	Many-flower Mat Rush	Butterflies + Reptiles	Leaf Stems
Melaleuca thymifolia	Honey Thyme Myrtle	Pollinators	Nectar
Patersonia sericea	Purple Flag	Butterflies	No

Vines

Botanical Name	Common Name	Wildlife	Edible
Aristolochia praevenosa	Richmond Birdwing Vine	Butterflies	No
Hardenbergia violacea	Native Sarsaparilla	Pollinators	Leaves + Roots
Hibbertia scandens	Snake Vine	Pollinators	No
Melodorum leichhardtii	Zig Zag Vine	Butterflies	Fruit

Groundcovers

Botanical Name	Common Name	Wildlife	Edible
Dichondra repens	Kidney Weed	Insects + Reptiles	Leaves
Pratia pedunculata	White Star Creeper	Insects	No
Viola banksii	Native Violet	Insects + Reptiles	Root + Leaves + Flowers

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