CAT-00045
Native gardenia
Atractocarpus fitzalanii
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Atractocarpus
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Atractocarpus fitzalanii
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Native gardenia
- Source URLs
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Atractocarpus%20fitzalanii | https://tuckerbush.com.au/binative-gardenia-atractocarpus-fitzalanii/ Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00045
- Mature width
- 3m
- Native range
- Qld.
- Plant family
- Rubiaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 6m
- 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
- Soft ripe fruit pulp
- Flowering season
- Spring reported by nursery.
- Brief description
- Evergreen tropical tree with glossy leaves and scented flowers.
- Drought tolerance
- Low; needs moisture.
- Preparation notes
- Use soft ripe yellow fruit pulp; remove seeds.
- Flower description
- Fragrant white, star-shaped flowers.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Trial a warm sheltered site with frost protection and irrigation.
- Botanical description
- Pending.
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Atractocarpus%20fitzalanii Open source ↗
- Fruit type and description
- Yellow ripe fruit around 6 cm with soft edible pulp.
- Flora of Australia citation
- P.G. Kodela. Atractocarpus fitzalanii. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Atractocarpus%20fitzalanii (accessed 2026-10-14). Copyright Commonwealth of Australia; CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). HTML formatting removed; species-level context added where noted. Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- 14/10/2026