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Thread: Conkerberry?
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19th January 2007, 08:35 PM #1LouD Guest
Conkerberry?
Can anybody get a hold of Conkerberry carissa lanceolata? Is it still used or has it become totally obsolete
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19th January 2007, 10:20 PM #2
re conkerberry
the last time i got some was from carbatec in brisbane about 6 or 7 years ago.i must admit i havent seen any since but i have not been looking for it.maybe try lazarides in brisbane.ph 3267 3899.best of luck
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20th January 2007, 01:12 AM #3
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22nd January 2007, 07:02 PM #4LouD Guest
Thanks guys, I have contacted a thread on this forum which shows and sells some big conkerberry. I cant wait to get it. I just love the bright orange colour.
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23rd January 2007, 12:12 AM #5
I guess you are who it was that beat me to that nice piece I saw Saturday arvo.
Cliff.
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27th January 2007, 12:00 AM #6
So ... come on yer galahs ...whats a conkerberry look like?? strewth I could be sittin on a swag of the stuff an not know it!
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27th January 2007, 10:09 AM #7
The bushies also call it Berry Bush.
Scruffy, low growing, bent & twisted, will eat you if you ride into it on a motorbike.
You can't ride into on a horse, they aren't silly enough.Cliff.
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27th January 2007, 11:54 PM #8
Also known as Blackcurrant bush - what Cliff said plus thorns and edible berries. Spreads out to cover up to about 20 square metres and the easiest way to get the trunk out (if it has one) is to run round it with a heavy rope and drive off. It's native but the cockies don't like it cos' cattle won't eat it or even trample it out. Tiny bit's of wood only but the best turning timber I've ever stuck a chisel in!
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28th January 2007, 11:42 AM #9
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29th January 2007, 09:38 AM #10
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29th January 2007, 10:26 AM #11
Some of the really big stuff does have a hollow up it & there is, as always, a colour variation. Some of it is very orange & some of it is more a creamy brown coffee colour.
All of it is bigger than anything I have ever seen before.Cliff.
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5th February 2007, 09:46 AM #12
Another shot for Dingo!
A mate dropped these branches off on the weekend and the Conkerberry (far left) still has the leaves on it if thats any help Ding! Only discovered from his visit that there are 2 varieties - Carissa lanceolata (pictured) and Carissa ovata which is more common around here and doesn't develop much of a trunk.
The other logs are Hairy-oak (Flame she-oak), Ringed gidgee and Corkbark tree.Last edited by TTIT; 5th February 2007 at 09:51 AM. Reason: forgot the pic!
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5th February 2007, 10:09 AM #13
That corkbark looks interesting, I haven't seen it before.
Cliff.
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5th February 2007, 10:38 AM #14
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5th February 2007, 11:16 AM #15
The "medullary rays like oak but is almost white" description sounds like Canthium Canthium odoratum to me.
I got some from out near Longreach.
Interesting stuff but it cracks from the heart out even years after it was cut.
This is all I can find about Corkbark Tree in a hurry.
Corkbark Tree Hakea ivoryi
http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_...14180/032.html
http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flo...xsql?pnid=3155
http://threatenedspecies.environment...ds&profile=yes
Corkbark Tree Hakea suberea (Hakea lorea)
http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_...14180/072.html
http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/sear...678d9935e8ffef
http://svc007.wic001g.server-web.com...nts.asp?id=108Cliff.
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