CAT-00096
Native wampee
Clausena brevistyla
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Clausena
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Found in Araucaria forest, rainforest, and forest edge, to 800 m altitude.
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Clausena brevistyla
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Native wampee
- Source URLs
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Clausena%20brevistyla | https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/bushfoodintro.htm; https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A77229394-1 Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00096
- Mature width
- Not confirmed; allow spread appropriate to growth habit
- Native range
- Occurs in eastern Queensland, from Cape York to Moreton District. Also found in Lesser Sunda Islands and Timor, Ceram, New Guinea and Bougainville.
- Plant family
- Rutaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- Not confirmed; habit described in brief description
- Native states
- QLD
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Source is a nursery catalogue overview; detailed species verification remains. 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 listing; species detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Not verified.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripe fruit pulp
- Flowering season
- Not verified.
- Brief description
- Aromatic tropical shrub or small tree related to citrus.
- Drought tolerance
- Not formally rated; seasonally dry tropical habitat.
- Preparation notes
- Confirm species identification, the specified edible part, ripeness and species-specific preparation before use.
- Flower description
- Flower appearance not yet confirmed from the reviewed species-specific sources.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Specialist warm sheltered trial; verify identity and food use before planting for harvest.
- Botanical description
- Tree to 15 m high, or shrub; bole to 8 cm diam.; branching somewhat fastigiate. Branches with conspicuous cicatrices. Leaves 15–45 cm long, glabrous to hairy, not glossy adaxially, smelling of lime and guava when crushed; leaflets 7–15 (–18): lamina ovate-elliptic to -lanceolate, 3–15 cm long, 2–8 cm wide, oblique at base, entire to crenulate, acute to subacuminate; petiolule 2–5 (–7) mm long. Thyrses (5–) 10–30 cm long, terminal and sometimes axillary. Pedicels 1–3 mm long. Flowers 4 (or 5)-merous. Sepals triangular, c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous to hairy with dorsal gland. Petals creamy white, often with apical gland. Stamens 8; anthers ovoid, 1–1.5 mm long, yellow, with a gland on connective. Disc 0.5–1.0 mm high, cylindrical with crown of glands, enveloping base of ovary. Ovary 0.8–1 mm high, each locule with a large gland; style short, less than half the length of the ovary, glabrous or with a few hairs (fide Oliver 1861: 31), 4-angled with lobed head. Fruit spherical, 8–10 mm diam., cream to pinkish, reddish purple or even bluish to black at maturity; seeds 1–3, green.
- 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/Clausena%20brevistyla Open source ↗
- Fruit type and description
- Small fleshy fruit; dimensions and ripe colour need confirmation.
- Flora of Australia citation
- D.J. Mabberley. Clausena brevistyla. 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/Clausena%20brevistyla (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