- Pronunciation: ex-oh-CAR-puss lat-ee-FOAL-ee-us
- Common Name: Broad-leaved Ballart
- Derivation: latifolius: L. latus - broad (broad Leaf)
- Type: Shrub, Root Parasite, Tree
- Family: SANTALACEAE
- Size: to 5 metres
- Flowers: tiny on 2.5-8 cm spikes, winter
- Fruit: oval 5-7 mm on enlarged stalk red, orange
- Vegetation Type: Dry Eucalypt Forest, Seacoast, Rainforest
- Species List: W2, Bush food, Biosphere Day Noosa Woods, Cooroy Mill Site, Johns, Cranks Creek, Noosa North Shore PS, NNP Palm Grove, BHNR, NNS,
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:
Bush food: swollen Stem is delicious when fully ripe and beginning to wrinkle like a sultana.
Identification Notes
Broad Leaves
Associated Fauna
Butterfly host Plant: Fiery jewel.
