CAT-00033
Burdekin plum
Pleiogynium timorense
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Pleiogynium
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Pleiogynium timorense
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Burdekin plum
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/burdekin-plum-pleiogynium-timorense/ Open source ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00033
- Mature width
- 6-8m
- Native range
- Northern and eastern Queensland and neighbouring tropical regions.
- Plant family
- Anacardiaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 12m
- Native states
- QLD
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Winter reported by nursery.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripened fruit flesh
- Flowering season
- Summer, approximately January-March.
- Brief description
- Deciduous or semi-deciduous tree with pinnate leaves.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate to high once established.
- Preparation notes
- Use ripe pulp fresh or cooked; remove large hard stone.
- Flower description
- Small yellow-green flowers in branching clusters.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising for a spacious sunny site; water young trees and during fruiting.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Fruit-eating birds; native bees and flies pollinate small flowers.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Purple drupe with tart flesh and a large hard stone.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded