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title: Tasmanian Currajong
date: 2024-02-15T11:06:00+11:00
author: Private Forests Tasmania
canonical_url: "https://pft.tas.gov.au/tree-species/tasmanian-currajong"
section: Tree Species
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2. Tasmanian Currajong
 

#  Tasmanian Currajong 

 

 

 

 

 

 ![Asterotrichion](https://pft.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Tree-Species/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/105917/asterotrichion.webp) 

## Scientific Name

Asterotrichion Discolor

## Family Name

MALVACEAE

## Common Name

Tasmanian Currajong

 

 

### General Information

 

  Height 3.0m -10.0m (300-1000cm)   Flowers Small, creamy white clusters. Male and female usually on separate plants, delicately perfumed.   Form Medium to tall shrub or small tree,branches covered with stellate hairs when young, leaves alternate, many stellate hairs below.   Municipalities Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman   Communities Wet Eucalypt Forest   Habitat Notes Tas. endemic. Common in moist eucalypt forests and gullies of southern Tasmania.   Site Tolerance Moist; Shady   Soil Tolerance Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained   General Notes Fast growing and appreciates moist, well drained soils wih shade. Also flowers sporadically at other times of the year. Not suitable below powerlines.   

 

### Propagation Details

Flowering MonthsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSeed Collecting MonthsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSowing MonthsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecCutting MonthsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 

 

 

### Seed Information

 

  Seed Collection Fruit remains enclosed in persistent calyx   Seed Treatment Method Standard   Seed Treatment Notes May be propagated from seed.   

 

### Cuttings

 

  Propagation By Division No   Cutting Notes May also be propagated from cuttings. It is reported that cuttings from male plants strike more readily.