Mazhar Botanic Garden

Pleiogynium timoriense (DC.) Leenh.

Burdekin plum

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000818
Common name: Burdekin plum
English name: Sweet plum
Arabic name: جمبوزيا
Native: Malesia, Australia and Pacific Islands
Country: Australia

Semi-deciduous tree growing up to 12-20 m high leaves imparipinnate, 5-11 leaflets, elliptic, ovate in shape flowers dioecious, yellowish-green fruit drupe, depressed-obovoid, dark purple, edible

Ornamental tree. fruit eaten raw, cooked into jams, used to flavour meat, or fermented into wine. Ecology: The fruit eaten by cassowaries and great bowerbirds.

Pleiogynium solandri (Benth) Engl

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Texture: Loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late winter and spring
Zone: 9 : 10
pH range: 7.0
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Edible Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Semi deciduous
pH: Neutral

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