Common Name: Brush Kurrajong

General Information

Androcalva fraseri is a spindly shrub or a small tree growing around 2 - 9 metres tall and 2.5 - 4 metres wide. The plant can form suckers freely from rhizomes, spreading to form a colony[, ].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a a fibre. The plant is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used to form a screening hedge.
Androcalva fraseri is widespread and not regarded as threatened.The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Range

Southeast Australia - eastern New South Wales, southeast Queensland and ?Victoria

Habitat

On the coast and adjacent ranges, growing on rocky hillsides, along creek banks in riparian scrub, in low open heathland, open eucalypt forest or littoral rainforest, in skeletal soil, sandy loam over trachyte or rhyolite, or deep soil on sandstone[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Least Concern
Habit	Shrub
Height	6.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Androcalva fraseri is known to be somewhat frost-tolerant[]. It is said to be hardy to about -7° c in Australian gardens, though this cannot be translated as hardiness in British gardens due to our cooler summers and longer, colder and wetter winters[].
Plants are shade-tolerant in Australia[].
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Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Agroforestry Uses:

The plant can sucker freely and has been used to make an effective screening hedge in Australia[, ].

Other Uses

The fibrous bark is used for making cordage, netting, weaving etc[].
The bark is used extensively as a tying material. It yields a fine fibre suitable for matting and cordage, and a good quality of paper could doubtless be made from it[].

Propagation