- Pronunciation: ka-RISS-ah oh-VART-ah
- Common Name: Currant Bush, Blackberry
- Type: Shrub, scrambling Climber
- Family: APOCYNACEAE
- Size: to 3 metres
- Flowers: White 10 mm, perfumed, summer
- Fruit: Black, 10 mm, edible sweet, semi-juicy
- Vegetation Type: Wet Eucalypt Forest, Araucarian Notophyll Rainforest, alluvial sandy loam, Myrtle Creek Sandstone
- Species List: Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, Bush food, Old Tewantin, Noosa Banks, Dandaloo
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:
Grazed by stock.
Bush food. Tasty raw Fruit.
Identification Notes
Milky Sap, spines
Associated Fauna
Butterfly larval food Plant: Common Crow (Common Australian Crow), pictured.
Intricate branching system loved by small birds (Nicholson)
