PLANTS OF LORD HOWE ISLAND

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Keywords:Australian Flora, Australian Rainforest, Australian Rainforest Plant, Australian Rainforests, Homalanthus, Homalanthus Populifolius, Homalanthus nutans, Homalanthus nutans, Homalanthus populifolius, Littoral Rainforest, Lord Howe Island, NSW, Native Bleeding Heart, Native Bleeding Heart, Native Plants, Native Poplar, Omalanthus, Omalanthus Populifolius, Omalanthus nutans, Rainforest Plant, arfp, australian native plants, australian natives, australian plants, australian rainforest plants, australian rainforest trees, euphorbiaceae, lhrfp, pioneer, rainforest, rainforest plants, rainforest trees, rainforest, subtropical, warmtemperate rainforest

Homalanthus populifolius (syn. Homalanthus nutans) - Native Bleeding Heart, Native Poplar

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
Description: Bushy shrub or small tree to 6 m. Leaves green, sometimes grey underneath, ovate, 3-15 cm long, 3-12 cm wide (juvenile leaves can be larger) usually turning red with age. Fruit a capsule, 8-10 mm wide, seeds partly covered with a green aril occurring December-March. Usually occurs on margins of littoral rainforest and particularly in regrowth areas.Propagation: Propagate with freshly collected seed from ripe fruit. Plant immediately in clean seedling mix of 2/3 washed river sand and 1/3 peat moss or organic matter. Plants can be propagated from tip and semi-ripe hardwood cuttings with varying success. Regeneration use: Pioneer species in severely degraded ecosystems. Essential part of climax community.