Family: Asclepiadaceae
Plant: A scrambling climber or small shrub with stems up to 1m long.
Flowers: Clusters of creamy star-like 5mm diameter tubular flowers with 5 hairy lobes borne in the leaf axils.
Flowering: November-January.
Fruit: Narrow, pointed follicle 5-10cm long and about 1mm diameter.
Leaves: Lanceolate, 2-7cm long and up to 2.5cm wide, dark green above, paler below and oppositely arranged on short stalks. The leaves and stems exude a milky sap when cut or crushed.
Habitat: In rainforest and gullies in wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Milky sap. Opposite pairs of leaves. Clusters of creamy star-like flowers in leaf axils.
Name:
Marsdenia After the Irish born Secretary to the Admiralty and plant collector William Marsden
suaveolens From the Latin = sweet (referring to its flowers)
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Soft, Aromatic, |
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Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest. |
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