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Focus on Quondong
Published: 12 Dec 2014
Author(s): RIRDC
ISBN: 978-1-74254-737-4
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This fact sheet is part of a 13-part native food series.
The quandong is a small native shrub or tree that grows 2-6 metres high. It produces a visually appealing yellow-to-red, tart tasting, dry-textured fruit with slender pale green leaves.
Quandong is also known as desert peach, native peach or wild peach.
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