Gaultheria hispida
Encyclopedia
Gaultheria hispida, snow berry, is a shrub native to rainforest
, wet sclerophyll forest, sub-alpine heath
of Tasmania
, Australia
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The leaves are slender, shiny, and 4-8 cm long. Fruits are white, five lobed, white or pink, 8-10 mm wide.
ate the sour fruit, and colonists cooked them in tarts.
Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...
, wet sclerophyll forest, sub-alpine heath
Heath (habitat)
A heath or heathland is a dwarf-shrub habitat found on mainly low quality acidic soils, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae. There are some clear differences between heath and moorland...
of Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The leaves are slender, shiny, and 4-8 cm long. Fruits are white, five lobed, white or pink, 8-10 mm wide.
Uses
AboriginesAustralian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
ate the sour fruit, and colonists cooked them in tarts.