Acronychia oblongifolia

Taxobox
name = White Aspen


image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Rutaceae
genus = "Acronychia"
species = "A. oblongifolia"
binomial = "Acronychia oblongifolia"
binomial_authority = (A. Cunn. ex Hook.) Endl. ex Heynh.

White aspen, or "Acronychia oblongifolia", is a small to medium sized rainforest tree native to eastern Australia, distributed from Queensland to Victoria.

Leaves are 3-12 cm long and 1-5 cm wide, oblanceolate, leathery, dark green and aromatic. Flowers are 1 cm across, followed by white, yellow or purplish edible berries. [Elliot, W.R., and Jones, D.L., "Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants", 1982, ISBN 0-85091-143-5]

Uses

The berries are pleasantly piquant and aromatically flavored, being used in preserves.

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