Plant Lists

These plant lists show some of the subtropical plants growing at Northey Street City Farm. As we have been on the site since 1994, many of the trees are mature and bearing fruit. Most of the trees are labelled, so you can refer to this list for more information while looking at them. The links lead to an external site (usually Wikipedia).

FRUIT Trees, Shrubs & Vines
Useful Native Plants Windbreak

FRUIT Trees, Shrubs & Vines
Acerola Cherry	Malpighia emarginata	Edible fruit
Tropical Apple	Malus pumila	Edible fruit
Avocado	Persea americana	Edible fruit
Banana	Musa x paradisica	Edible fruit
Black sapote	Diospyros nigra	Edible fruit
Blueberry	Vaccinium sp.	Edible fruit
Brazilian Cherry	Eugenia uniflora	Edible fruit
Carambola	Averrhoa carambola	Edible fruit
Carambola	Averrhoa carambola	Edible fruit
Dragon fruit	Hylocereus megalanthus	Edible Fruit
Drumstick tree	Moringa oleifera	Edible fruit & leaves
Elderberry	Sambucus nigra	Drink made from flowers. Berries for jam
Giant Lau lau	Syzygium coarctatum	Edible fruit
Grape	Vitis vinifera	Edible fruit
Grapefruit	Citrus x paradisi	Edible fruit
Grumichama	Eugenia brasiliensis	Edible fruit
Cherry Guava	Psidium cattleyanum	Edible fruit
Guava	Psidium guajava	Edible fruit
Ice Cream Bean	Inga edulis	Edible fruit. Nitrogen-fixing pioneer
Jaboticaba	Myrciaria cauliflora	Edible fruit
Jackfruit	Artocarpus heterophyllus	Edible fruit
Japanese raisin	Hovenia dulcis	Edible fruit
Lemon	Citrus limon	Edible fruit
Longan	Dimocarpus longan	Edible fruit
Malabar chestnut	Pachira glabra	Edible seeds
Makrut/Kaffir Lime	Citrus hysterix	Edible fruit & aromatic leaves
Mango	Mangifera indica	Edible fruit
Miracle Fruit	Synsepalum dulcificum	Edible fruit
Black Mulberry	Morus nigra	Edible fruit
White shatoot Mulberry	Morus macroura	Edible fruit
Monstera /Fruit Salad plant	Monstera deliciosa	Edible fruit
Olive	Olea europaea	Edible fruit
Passionfruit	Passiflora edulis	Edible fruit
Paw paw	Carica papaya	Edible fruit
Tropical Pear	Pyrus communis	Edible fruit
Peanut Butter Fruit	Bunchosia glandulifera	Edible fruit
Pecan Nut	Carya illinoinensis	Edible nut
Pineapple	Ananas comosus	Edible fruit
Pomegranate	Punica granatum	Edible Fruit
Pomelo	Citrus maxima	Edible fruit
Rollinia	Rollinia deliciosa	Edible fruit
Rose Apple	Syzygium jambos	Edible fruit
Sea Grape	Coccoloba uvifera	Edible fruit
Soursop	Annona muricata	Edible fruit
Star Fruit	Chrysophyllum cainito	Edible fruit
Indian Tamarind	Tamarindus indica	Edible fruit
Tahitian Lime	Citrus latifolia	Edible fruit
Wampi	Clausena lansium	Edible fruit
White sapote	Casimiroa edulis	Edible fruit
Yellow Sapote / Canistel	Pouteria campechiana	Edible fruit

Indian Tamarind

Pineapple

Jaboticaba

Useful Native Plants Windbreak
Trees & Shrubs
Common Name	Botanical Name	Use
Bunya pine	Araucaria bidwillii	Edible nuts, boiled, roasted, dried and ground for flour
Black apple	Planchonella australis	Edible fruit
Blue quandong	Elaeocarpus grandis	Edible fruit used for drinks
Brown Kurrajong	Commersonia bartramia	Bark used to make string
Brown plum pine	Podocarpus elatus	Fruit used for jams, sauces. Brown Pine timber
Candlenut	Aleurites moluccanus	Nuts for oil
Cedar Bay cherry	Eugenia reinwardtiana	Pink-red fruit eaten raw
Clammy cherry	Cordia dichotoma	Small yellow to pinkish egg-shaped fruit can be eaten fresh
Bats wing Coral Tree	Erythrina verspertilio	Poisonous seeds. Roots edible. Timber used for carving.
Flame Tree	Brachichiton acerifolius	Edible seed
Foam Bark	Jagera pseudorhus	Leaves used as fish poison
Hairy Bird’s Eye	Alectryon_tomentosus	Edible fruit
Lemon-scented Tea Tree	Leptospermum petersonii	Leaves used for teas and scented oil
Native Guava	Eupomatia laurina	Edible fruit
Native Hibiscus	Hibiscus tiliaceus	Flowers edible in salads or jam, leaves edible when boiled
Macadamia Nut	Macadamia integrifolia	Edible nuts with high oil content
Macaranga	Macaranga tanarius	Bark used to make string, leaves for fiber.
Moreton Bay Chestnut	Castanospermum australe	Seeds edible after processing. Black Bean timber
Native Mulberry	Pipturis argenteus	Edible fruit
Eerwah Plum	Pouteria eerwah	Edible fruit
Black Plum	Pouteria australis	Edible fruit
Burdekin Plum	Pleiogynium timorense	Edible fruit used in jams
Davidson’s Plum	Davidsonia pruriens	Edible fruit used in jams, wine
Peanut tree	Sterculia quadrifida	Edible seed in a decorative pod
Pink-fruited lime berry	Glycosmis trifoliata	Small pink edible fruit
Red ash	Alphitonia excelsa	Leaves used as soap substitute
Riberry	Syzygium luehmannii	Edible fruit used in jams, drinks, sauces
River Sheoke	Casuarina cunninghamiana	Timber for furniture or firewood
Round native lime	Citrus australis	Round green fruit used in jams, drinks
Sandpaper fig	Ficus coronata	Purple fruit, edible raw or in jams
Scrub Cherry	Syzygium australe	Edible fruit eaten raw or in jams
Shiny-leaved stinger	Dendrocnide photinophylla	Edible fruit
Small leaved Tamarind	Diploglottis campbellii	Fruit with red, edible aril, used in jams, drinks
Native Tamarind	Diploglottis smithii	Fruit with yellow aril used for jams, drinks
Paperbark Tea Tree	Melaleuca quinquenervia	Antiseptic oil in leaves
White Cedar	Melia azederach	Leaves and bark used as fish poison.
Vines & groundcovers
Common Name	Botanical Name	Use
Native grape	Cissus antartica	Some have edible fruit
Native ginger	Alpinia caerulea	Edible fruit
Native raspberry	Rubus rosifolius var rosifolius	Fruit eaten fresh or in jams.
Mat Rush	Lomandra longifolia	Leaves used for weaving
Pandanus	Pandanus tectorius	Leaves used for weaving
Zig zag vine	Melodorum leichhardtii	Edible fruit