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Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis
Also called Waddywood, Turkey Bush, Tree Heath, Sandberry, Laurel Heath, Axebreaker, Waddy Wood
Wheel fruit is a shrub or small tree from the wet uplands of north Queensland, Australia, that bears small blue to black fruit. It is a wild rainforest species, so care is based on its cool, wet, high-altitude habitat rather than on common garden cultivation.
Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis, commonly known as wheel fruit, is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae. It is native to a small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.
The species occurs from near Cape Tribulation, about 150 km (93 mi) north of Cairns, to Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle Frere about 70 km (43 mi) south of the city. It grows in very wet upland rainforest and stunted mountaintop forest above 600 m (2,000 ft).
Lilac Berry · Straggling Purpleberry · Trochocarpa disticha · Trochocarpa gunnii · Axebreaker · Mountain Tree Heath · Fragrant Purpleberry · Trochocarpa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis 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.
