Family: Euphorbiaceae
Plant: A spreading shrub up to 3m high.
Flowers: Small, cream to reddish, cup shaped, 5mm long, on short thin stalks hanging from the leaf axils below the stems.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: A round and pendulous berry about 6mm diameter - orange to pink becoming black with age.
Leaves: Alternate 2-ranked leaves along almost horizontal branches. They are oval, 2-3cm long and 1-1.5cm wide, soft, dull grey-green above but paler below.
Habitat: Rainforest margins and shady areas in wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Alternate 2-ranked dull green leaves. Pendulous flowers and fruit hanging below almost horizontal stems.
Name:
Breynia After the botanical author from Danzig, Jacob Breyn.
oblongifolia From Latin oblongus = long and folius = leaf (referring to the shape of its leaves).
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Orange, Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Berry |
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Colour |
Orange, Pink, Black |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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