What is Quandong?
Quandong is an Australian native fruit. It's a well-known bush tucker species and fast becoming know as a super food for it’s rich vitamin C.
Tastey to eat with a distinct tart flavour, Quandongs can be used to create sweet or savory food.
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Quandong Distribution
Quandongs are grown best in hot, dry, arid conditions.
Quandong trees
Quandong fruit trees have drooping, leathery, light grey-green foliage. Insignificant greenish blossoms appear in clusters from October to March. The fruit is ripe to pick once a year around September-October.
Quandong is the name of three wild bush fruits. Desert quandong (Santalum acuminatum), also known as sweet quandong which is the fruit grown and harvest at the Broken Hill Quandong Farm. The two other varieties are Blue Quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis) and Bitter Quandong (S. murrayannum).
Quandong are in the same genus, that of the sandalwoods, while blue quandong is unrelated.
Desert quandong is categorized as a non-obligate root parasite, meaning that the tree uses the roots of other trees or plants to garner its nourishment.
