Tag: cassowary-food
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Rhysotoechia robertsonii
(Robert’s Tuckeroo)Height: Tree to 16M, may be buttressed Leaves & Flowers: White or cream flowers, 5-7mm Fruit: Yellow or orange capsule fruit often with red blush, 16-28mm long x 22-35mm wide, 3 valved Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2907890
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Nauclea orientalis
(Leichhardt Bread Tree)Height: Tree to 30M, usually buttressed, deciduous or semi-deciduous Leaves & Flowers: Unpleasantly scented yellow flowers Fruit: Brown drupe or aggregated fruit 40-50mm x 40-50mm Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries & Spectacled Flying Foxes Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2917211
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Scaevola taccada
(Sea Lettuce Tree, Cardwell Cabbage)Height: Shrub to 4M Leaves & Flowers: White or cream flowers, often with purple veins Fruit: White drupe fruit 7-18mm long x 7-16mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries and Silvereyes Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2896839
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Normanbya normanbyi
(Black Palm)Height: Palm to 30M, solitary Leaves & Flowers: White or pink flowers, 15-20mm diameter Fruit: Red or pinkish drupe fruit 30-50mm long Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries & Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2886732
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Syzygium alliiligneum
(Onionwood, Mission Beach Satinash)Height: Tree, buttressed to 35M (10M+ in cultivation) Leaves & Flowers: Green, white or cream 4 petal flowers, 16mm, fragrant Fruit: Fruit pink or red berry, 30-40mm x 30-43mm Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2896342
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Palaquium galactoxylon
(Cairns Pencil Cedar)Height: Tree to 30M, buttressed, deciduous Leaves & Flowers: Green flowers, 6 petals, about 6mm long Fruit: White or cream drupe fruit 30-40mm long x 12-30mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries and Fruit Doves Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51294132
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Pandanus monticola
(Urchin-fruited Pandan)Height: Pandanus shrub or tree to 10M, trunk more slender than other species Leaves & Flowers: Multiple red fruit, 60-120mm long x 55-120mm wide Fruit: Multiple red fruit 60-120mm long x 55-120mm wide, numerous segments, spine tipped Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries & Giant White-Tailed Rats Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/7728068
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Parinari nonda
(Nonda Plum)Height: Tree to 12M Leaves & Flowers: White, cream, yellow or brown flowers Fruit: Yellow, orange or brown drupe fruit 30-40mm long x 25-35mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries, Spectacled Flying Foxes & several bird species Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2921130
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Phaleria clerodendron
(Scented Daphne, Rosy Apple)Height: Tree, may be buttressed, to 10M (6-8M in cultivation) Leaves & Flowers: White or cream sepals, 25-45mm, strongly scented Fruit: Red drupe fruit 20-40mm long x 35-55mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2910236
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Pittosporum rubiginosum
(Hairy Red Pittosporum)Height: Shrub to 2M, rarely to 6M Leaves & Flowers: White, cream or yellow flowers, 14-16mm long Fruit: Yellow or orange capsule fruit 13-23mm long x 6-20mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries, Giant White-tailed Rats & Bush Rats Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2887772
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Pleiogynium timoriense
(Burdekin Plum)Height: Tree to 20M, may be buttressed, separate male & female plants Leaves & Flowers: Green, white, yellow or brown flowers, about 3mm long Fruit: Reddish, purple or black drupe fruit 20-28mm long x 20-28mm wide Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries & Great Bowerbirds Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/6894466
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Podocarpus dispermus
(Brown Pine)Height: Tree to 20M Leaves & Flowers: Green drupe-like fruit, attached to a fleshy red receptacle Fruit: Green drupe-like fruit 17-22mm long x 12-19mm wide, attached to a fleshy red receptacle Fauna: Fruit eaten by Cassowaries & Musky Rat-kangaroos Learn more: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51443178