CAT-00036
Black plum
Diospyros australis
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Diospyros
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Diospyros australis
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Black plum
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/black-plum-diospyros-australis/ Open source ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00036
- Mature width
- 4-7m
- Native range
- Eastern Queensland and NSW rainforest.
- Plant family
- Ebenaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 4-10m
- Native states
- NSW, 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
- February-July reported by nursery.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripe fruit flesh
- Flowering season
- Around October reported by nursery.
- Brief description
- Evergreen understorey tree with dark foliage.
- Drought tolerance
- Low to moderate; maintain moisture.
- Preparation notes
- Use ripe black fruit pulp; remove seeds.
- Flower description
- Small cream to pale-yellow flowers.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising with afternoon shade when young, mulch and frost protection.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; foliage shelters small animals.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Small black berry with sweet pulp and several seeds.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded