Common Name: Kerrawang

General Information

Commersonia dasyphylla is an erect, spreading, evergreen shrub that can grow around 1 - 4 metres tall[, ].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials..

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Range

Australia - eastern Queensland, New South Wales and eastern Victoria.

Habitat

Found in open eucalyptus forest, melaleuca forest, or allocasuarina woodland, in granite or rhyolite rock outcrops on steep slopes, often near creek banks, in sandy soil.s[, ]. Found especially in gullies[] up to the alpine zone[].

Properties

Other Uses Rating
Habit	Evergreen Shrub
Height	3.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

This species is hardy to about -7°c in Australian gardens[], though this cannot be applied directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers that often fail to fully ripen new shoots, and our longer, colder and wetter winters[].
Succeeds in most soils and situations in Australian gardens[].
Plants often commence flowering when young and before the stems have properly lignified[].
The plant has been recorded as becoming abundant after a fire.[]

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Agroforestry Uses:

The plant makes a fairly useful screen[].

Other Uses

The fibrous inner bark has been used to make cordage[].

Wood - fairly hard, porous[].

Propagation

Seed -