CAT-00051
Winter apple
Eremophila debilis
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Eremophila
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Eremophila debilis
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Winter apple
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/winter-apple-eremophila-debilis/ Open source ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00051
- Mature width
- 2m
- Native range
- Eastern Queensland and NSW.
- Plant family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 30cm
- 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
- Late summer reported by nursery.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripe white fruit
- Flowering season
- Spring-summer.
- Brief description
- Prostrate shrub with rooting stems and small pale flowers.
- Drought tolerance
- High once established in well-drained soil.
- Preparation notes
- Confirm exact species and ripe fruit colour before eating; remove large stone.
- Flower description
- Small white to pink or mauve tubular flowers.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising groundcover with drainage; confirm species and ripe food part.
- 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 fleshy drupe with a large stone; colour varies in descriptions and needs confirmation.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded