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Coprosma hirtella
Also called Coffee Berry
Coprosma hirtella, called rough coprosma or coffee berry, is a native shrub of south-eastern Australia that grows to about 2 metres and bears orange to red berries. It is a plant of moist montane forest, so it suits cool, humid, partly shaded gardens.
Coprosma hirtella, or coffee-berry, is a shrub in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It grows to about 2 metres high and has leaves that are between 15 and 50 mm long and 10 to 25 mm wide. Plants have male and female flower clusters that appear between August and April.
These are followed by orange to reddish fruits that are 7 to 8 mm in diameter.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coprosma hirtella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
