Microcitrus garrawayae is similar to the finger lime, Citrus australasica. Leaves are small, simple, alternate, having no divisions and rounded at the apex. The flowers are tiny, single, rising from axils, followed by the fruit from April to November.

The Mt White Lime fruits are 'finger-shaped', up to 50mm long and up to 30mm wide, grown on deciduous vine dense thickets with a green skin and greenish-white pulp on maturity. The fruit has fewer cells than the finger lime, a thicker skin (up to 2mm) and weigh an average of 25g. The skin contains large oil glands. Fruit might be used for processing into a range of value-added products including jams, chutneys or utilized in sauces.

Tree propagation is by seed but is noted to be slow to germinate and cuttings need several months to develop roots. It prefers a well dug freely draining rich soil. Microcitrus garrawayae is a member of the family Rutaceae the genus Microcitrus.

Mt White Lime, Microcitrus garrawayae

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Citrus glauca foliage is greenish-grey, with spiny stems with irregularly distributed thorns. Leaves are rounded, up to 5cm long and 0.5 cm wide. Flowers are white or greenish in color, 10 mm across, born in late winter and spring, followed by light-green/yellow fruits.

Desert Lime fruits are globular in shape and about 15 mm diameter, edible with a strong lime flavor. The fruit is a highly valued bush food employed in a range of products, including marmalade, beverages, and glazed fruit. It is by and large wild harvested from surviving bush land parts.

Tree propagation is achievable from seed but cuttings might be slow to strike. Grafting or budding onto other citrus stocks has evidently been successful. Commercial cultivation of the Desert Lime is commencing to slowly reduce the reliance on wild harvested product. The plant has a suckering habit which may require to be checked in cultivation.

Research indicates that Citrus glauca is one of the most resilient Citrus species, being relatively heat, drought and cold tolerant. Hence the species is potentially significant for Citrus breeding programs, and readily hybridizes with a lot of common Citrus species. Gitrus glauca is a member of the Rutaceae family the genus Citrus.

Desert Lime, Citrus glauca

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The Pepper bush originates in the cool temperate forests of Antarctica when it was attached to Australia and South America.

Tasmannia insipida leaves are simple, narrow, 8-20 cm long and 5-35 mm wide, glossy, narrowing to a point, arranged in clustered spirals but they sparse in areas of low light. Flowers are creamy-white in color with 2 or 3 petals, 5-10 mm long, hermaphrodite, born in terminal umbels from August – September.

The Pepper bush fruits are 10-20 mm long, solitary, mauve or purplish in color, soft with numerous little black seeds, edible but missing real taste. Fruit is ready during September to November. The many tiny black seeds taste like freshly ground black pepper. In Tasmania the seeds are traded as native pepper.

Plant propagation is by seeds and cuttings. It is slow growing plant. It can grow in semi-shade or full sun. It requires moist soil. Tasmannia insipida is a member of the family Winteraceae the genus Drimys.

Pepper bush, Tasmannia insipida

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Exocarpos cupressiformis has the general visual aspect of a conifer with attractive, elegant, weeping foliage of yellowish-green to dark green in color. Leaves are minimized to small triangular scales; 2-3 mm long on new growth and the stems is the site where photosynthesis takes place.

Flowering is throughout the year but primarily October-May. Flowers are small, cream-yellow in color, unnoticeable, arranged in clusters on 6 mm long spikes, followed by the fruit. ; Usually, only 1 flower in each spike fertile.

The fruit of the Native Cherry is a spherical nut on a short stalk. As it matures the stalk swells and turns red, like an inside out cherry. The fruit is edible, juicy, roundish 5-6 mm long, commonly bright red. The seed is found on the outside of the fruit, hence the name exocarpus.

Tree Propagation and establishment is difficult due to the parasitic nature of the plant. The hard seed is difficult to germinate. Exocarpos cupressiformis is a member of the Santalaceae family the genus Exocarpos.

Native Cherry, Exocarpos cupressiformis

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This upright scrambler has hostile sharp thorns, 0.5-2.5 cm long, frequently longer than leaves on juvenile plants, along its branches that can be dangerous. Maclura cochinchinensis leaves are oblong to elliptic, generally 3-8 cm long, on 1cm leaf stalk, smooth and with a short pointed apex.

Flowering takes place in April-May. Male inflorescence 6-8 mm in diameter, female inflorescence are velvety, on a stalk up to 1 cm. Flowers are yellow, 2-6 mm long on peduncle at the base of leaves.

The 1-2 cm in diameter Cockspur Thorn fruit is soft, orange and contains several black seeds. It is an irregularly-shaped berry as large as a small custard apple, edible and of a pleasing taste. Fruit mature in December to January. The fruit is also popular with varied birds and reptiles.

Plant propagation is by seed. Seeds germinate easily and dependably within a few weeks. Maclura cochinchinensis is a member of the family Moraceae the genus Maclura. The plant could be employed cautiously as a barrier plant and as nesting habitat for small birds.

Cockspur Thorn, Maclura cochinchinensis

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