Medium sized evergreen tree < 10 m tall. Flowers are fragrant, tubular, white with purple/mauve anthers and borne in spring – summer. Fruit is purple/black and ripens in autumn.
To help protect our environment:
Hedgerows, lowland and coastal forest, shrubland, disturbed sites, roadsides, wastelands, wetlands.
Seeds dispersed by birds.
Forms dense stands, displacing native vegetation and preventing native seedling recruitment. Dominates the canopy layer, altering vegetation structure and plant diversity. May cause an allergic reaction in some people, often as a cross-reactivity to main allergens.
Follow up treated areas 3 times per year. Crown lift (cut off lower branches) to allow understory plants to establish or to underplant prior to controlling large trees.
CAUTION: When using any herbicide or pesticide please read the label thoroughly to ensure that all instructions and safety requirements are followed.
Similar to tree privet. The new leaves of monkey apple have a reddish colour. Monkey apple berries are white-pink.
Similar to tree privet. The new leaves of brush cherry have a reddish colour. Brush cherry berries are reddish-pink.
Chinese privet is a much shorter tree. It has smaller more rounded leaves. Its white flowers have characteristic purple or mauve anthers and it has a longer flowering period.
