Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Aristotelia (Elaeocarpaceae) 1: 90
 

Tasmania has one native species of Aristotelia. Heartberry (A. peduncularis) is a straggling shrub that mostly grows in the understorey of wet forest. The fruit is a pink-purple, more-or-less heart shaped berry that hangs on a long peduncle. The petals are divided into three lobes.

 
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