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Isopogon ceratophyllus

Common name:		Family:	Proteaceae
Author:	R.Br.	Botanical references:
Synonyms:
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	Australia - Victoria, New South Wales and temperate areas of Southern Australia.
Habitat:	Sandy soils.
Edibility Rating (1-5):	0	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	1

Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Proteales. Protea family

Physical Characteristics

Shrub growing to 0.6m. . The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 0/5 for edibility and 1/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

Bitter; Tonic.

Bitter tonic[152].

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

Plants tolerate temperatures down to about -7°c in Australian gardens, though this cannot be applied directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers that fail to fully ripen the wood and our longer, wetter winters[157, K].

Propagation

Seed -

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Web References

[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.

References for the family Proteaceae.

[CHINA] Draft Data Very detailed botanical/identification info. from the Flora of China.

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[K] Ken Fern
Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.

[152] Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Australian Medicinal Plants.
A very good and readable guide to the subject.

[157] Wrigley. J. W. and Fagg. M. Australian Native Plants. Collins. (Australia) 1988 ISBN 0-7322-0021-0
A lovely book, written in order to encourage Australian gardeners to grow their native plants. A little bit of information for the plant project.

Readers Comments

Isopogon ceratophyllus

Andy Davidson (handyandy@rbm.com.au) Sun Aug 4 08:21:17 2002

the common name in Australia is Horny cone-bush

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