Common Boobialla (Myoporum insulare)

Common Boobialla is also sometimes known as ‘blue-berry tree’. It is native to Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales. White flowers are seen from August through to November. Birds are attracted to the purple, fleshy fruit (approximately 6 mm in diameter) which is edible although sometimes unpalatable, as it ranges from sweet and juicy to salty and bitter.

Soure: Indigenous plant use; A booklet on the medicinal, nutritional and technological use of indigenous plants; By Zena Cumpston; Clean Air and Urban Landscapes (CAUL) Hub in Melbourne 2020