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Star Fruit

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Scientific Name:Damasonium minus
Star Fruit plant
Star Fruit plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Australian native.

Plant Description:
An emergent aquatic, annual or perennial herb with 1.5-10 cm long, narrowly ovate to ovate, leaves on slender leaf stalks, 0.5-1 cm long with semi-transparent, membranous wings at their bases.

Flower-heads erect and panicle-like with flowers arranged in one to several successive whorls; each whorl of 3-12 flowers and each flower subtended by a bract. Flowers consist of perianth segments of which the 3 outer are green and the 3 inner white or pale pink. Fruit are two seeded follicles, 5-6 mm long and arranged like the spokes of a wheel.

Habitat:
Scattered throughout Victoria except for semi-arid regions. Growing in fresh-water lakes and swamps.
RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
*Mallee, *Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, Wimmera, GippslandS0W3, W4
*largely confined to Murray River environs

      Star Fruit photos

      Leaves and fruit of Star Fruit
      Leaves and fruit of Star Fruit
      Photo: A J Brown
      Leaves of Star Fruit
      Leaves of Star Fruit
      Photo: A J Brown

      Star Fruit flower
      Star Fruit flower
      Photo: A J Brown

      Fruit of Star Fruit
      Fruit of Star Fruit
      Photo: A J Brown

      Fruit of Star Fruit
      Fruit of Star Fruit
      Photo: A J Brown

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