Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Breynia oblongifolia
Common name
Coffee bush
Family
Phyllanthaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, disturbed sites, and near streams. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.
Notes
Shrub to about 4 m high. Fruit fleshy. Stems hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, in two rows on either side of the stems, appearing compound, in sets of 4-14 on short side branches, esch 1–3 cm long, 8–15 mm wide, upper surface green, lower surface paler green, tips rounded. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers greenish, 1-2 mm in diameter, with 6 shortly fused 'petals', single or in few-flowered clusters. Fruit reddish or orange to pinkish, turning black with age, almost round, 4-7 mm in diameter. Fruits summer to autumn.
Family was Euphorbiaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Breynia~oblongifolia (accessed 6 January, 2021)
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