CAT-00044
Muntries
Kunzea pomifera
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Kunzea
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- double
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Kunzea pomifera
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Muntries
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/muntries-kunzea-pomifera/ Open source ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00044
- Mature width
- 2m
- Native range
- Southern Australian coastal heath and scrub, especially SA and Victoria.
- Plant family
- Myrtaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Common bush-food crop
- Mature height
- 30cm
- Native states
- SA, VIC
- 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
- After flowering; timing depends on location.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripe berries
- Flowering season
- Spring.
- Brief description
- Low spreading shrub with tiny leaves and white flowers.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate to high; water for berry production.
- Preparation notes
- Use ripe berries fresh, dried or in preserves; confirm cultivar harvest window.
- Flower description
- Small white flowers with many prominent stamens.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Trial a sunny freely draining bed; avoid wet roots in humid weather.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Small green-red berries with spicy apple-like flavour.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded