Tag: cassowary-food
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Syzygium forte
(White Apple)Height: Tree to 30M, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: White or cream flowers, about 6mm long Fruit: White or cream berry fruit 30-47mm long x 30-43mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries & Spectacled Flying Foxes Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51440389
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Syzygium cormiflorum
(Bumpy Satinash)Height: Tree to 30M, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: Green, white, cream or pink flowers, 8-15mm Fruit: White, cream, pink or reddish-pink berry fruit 30-70mm long x 30-70mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2901335
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Syzygium divaricatum
(Smaller Cassowary Satinash)Height: Tree to 30M, usually buttressed Leaves & Flowers: White, cream or pink fragrant flowers, 1-2mm long Fruit: Leathery pink or reddish berry 50-60mm long and wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2917565
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Syzygium johnsonii
(Johnson’s Satinash)Height: Tree to 25M, may be buttressed or silt-rooted Leaves & Flowers: White or cream flowers Fruit: Purple berry fruit 20mm long x 15mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by pigeons, Spotted Catbirds & Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2911893
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Syzygium Kuranda
(Cherry Satinash, Kuranda Satinash)Height: Tree to 35M, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: Fragrant white, cream or pink flowers Fruit: Cream, orange-brown or pinkish-brown dry berry fruit 35-40mm long x 40-45mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Musky Rat-kangaroos, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Figbirds, King Parrots & Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2902991
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Syzygium luehmannii
(Cherry Satinash, Small-leaved Lilly Pilly)Height: Tree to 35M, buttressed Leaves & Flowers: Fragrant white or cream flowers Fruit: Pink, purplish or red berry fruit 7-11mm long x 7-11mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries & Metallic Starlings Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2891947
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Syzygium tierneyanum
(River Cherry)Height: Tree to 25M, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: White or cream flowers Fruit: White, cream, pink or red berry fruit 15-20mm long x 15-20mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2892733
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Terminalia arenicola
(Brown Damson, Beach Almond)Height: Tree to 11M, deciduous, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: Flower petals absent, 5 sepals white or cream, unpleasantly scented Fruit: Red to purple or black drupe fruit 25-40mm long x 17-25mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2896640
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Terminalia catappa
(Sea Almond)Height: Tree, deciduous, may be buttressed, to 16M+ (8-20M in cultivation) Leaves & Flowers: White, cream or yellow sepals, 5-13mm, Oct-May Fruit: Yellowish to pink, red then purplish drupe fruit, 50-80mm long x 25-50mm wide Fauna: Edible fruit. Fruit eaten by Cockatoos, Cassowaries & Flying Foxes Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2916618
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Ptychosperma elegans
(Solitaire Palm)Height: Palm to 15M, solitary Leaves & Flowers: Fragrant green, white or cream flowers Fruit: Red drupe fruit 12-20mm long x 8-13mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries, Pied Imperial-pigeons, Fruit Doves, Lewin’s Honeyeaters, & Eclectus Parrots Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2888445
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Uvaria leichhardtii
(Zig Zag Vine)Height: Shrub or vine, branch-tendril climber Leaves & Flowers: Unpleasantly scented white, cream, yellow or orange-brown flowers Fruit: Yellow to orange berry or aggregate fruit 11-45mm long x 8-15mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries & many bird species Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51430842
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Rhodomyrtus trineura
(Rusty Ironwood)Height: Tree or shrub to 6M Leaves & Flowers: White, cream or pink flowers Fruit: Cream, pink or brown berry fruit 10-13mm long x 10-13mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries, Black-faced Cuckoo Shrikes & Brown Cuckoo-doves Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51441176