Family: Luzuriagaceae
Plant: Climber with stems up to 8m long.
Flowers: White to mauve six-petalled, star-like flowers 15mm across and with yellow anthers. Flowers borne in terminal panicles.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: Globular, black berry, 1-2cm diameter
Leaves: Narrow linear to ovate 2-10cm long and 3- 25mm wide, dark green and glossy with a pointed tip and rounded base. The leaves are alternate with parallel veins and a raised mid-vein.
Habitat: Common in wet sclerophyll and rainforest.
Features: Dark green leaves with prominent mid vein. Black berries. Plant has a twining habit.
Name:
Geitonoplesium
From Greek geiton = neighbour and plesios = near (referring to its closeness to the genus Luzurisga – it was once in the separate genus Philesiaceae)
cymosum From Latin = having-cymes
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Mauve |
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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 |
Black |
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Other Features |
Fleshy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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