About Coprosma quadrifida (Labill.) B.L.Rob.
Coprosma quadrifida is an erect shrub that can grow from 2 to 5 metres tall, with an open to dense growth habit. Its branches stay slender, and often taper to a spine at the tip. Similar to related species like Coprosma nitida, this species has spine-shaped, pubescent branchlets. Seed germination of this species can take over six months. Seed used for cultivation undergoes stratification to shorten germination time to between 2 and 4 weeks. The 1889 work *The Useful Native Plants of Australia* records historical information about this plant (listed there under the name Coprosma Billardieri). The source notes its common name was "Native Currant", and that Indigenous Australians at Coranderrk Station, Victoria called the plant "Morr". It describes this plant as bearing a small round drupe around the size of a small pea. It also states that over a century before the book was published, when imported British fruits were scarce, some Tasmanian settlers made this plant's drupes into puddings, although the large size and large number of the drupe's seeds were considered a disadvantage. Individuals of this species have been recorded in all eastern states of Australia, but it is most common in south-eastern Australia: Tasmania, Victoria, and southern New South Wales, where the climate is more temperate.
