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Family : Araliaceae
Delarbrea michieana is a small, slender understorey tree, closely
resembling a palm with its bare trunk topped by a crown of compound leaves up to 80 cm long. Below these hang large bunches of irridescent blue berries.
Endemic to the North Queensland tropics between Tully and Cooktown from sea level to 1100m.
For this reason it does well on the Mid North Coast and many plants I saw at Misty Glen at Bellingen were fruiting nicely and favoured by the brush turkeys. My own trees are not yet fruiting (April 2008) but can't be far off it.
It is best suited to planting in groups in the shade of larger trees, and requires regular watering.
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