Common name: Tutsan, Sweet-ambor
Hypericum androsaemum L. APNI* 
Description: Soft-woody shrub 30–70 (-100) cm high.
Leaves discolorous, broad-ovate, 3.5–9 (-12) cm long, 3–6.5 (-8) cm wide, base cordate; crushed leaves give a distinct curry smell.
Cymes usually terminal, few- to several-flowered; flowers 15–30 mm diam., yellow to orange. Sepals and petals equal, 6–12 mm long. Stamens often basally united in 5 bundles, not persistent. Styles 3.
Berry 7–10 mm long, fleshy, purple to black when ripe.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Blue Mountains - Sydney region and south. Native of Asia, Eur., Afr. Grows in shady places, disturbed areas, forests, creek banks, often in damp places.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *CT, *ST
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas.
Environmental weed. Sometimes placed in Clusiaceae.
Text by C. Miller, Flora of NSW 1 (1990); updated by P.G. Kodela (June 2016)
Taxon concept: Australian Plant Census (accessed April 2017)
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