Family: Pittosporaceae
Plant: A twining climber or scrambling plant with slender stems up to 3m long.
Flower: Pendulous bell-shaped, tubular cream to greenish yellow flowers 1-2.5cm long. Flowers borne singly or 2-3 together on long slender stalks.
Flowering: September-December.
Fruit: Fleshy, furry, yellowish-green to purple cylindrical berry 1-4cm long and 1-1.5cm wide.
Leaves: Soft, furry, narrow lanceolate 3-5cm long and up to 1.5cm wide with wavy margins.
Habitat: In wet sclerophyll forest, rainforest margins and very occasionally in coastal heathland.
Features: Soft, furry, pale green leaves. Pendulous bell-shaped flowers. Cylindrical fruit.
Name:
Billardiera After the French botanist Jacques-Julian de la Billardiere.
scandens From Latin scandens = to climb (referring to its climbing habit).
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow, Green |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Berry |
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Colour |
Green, Purple |
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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 |
Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire, Wavy |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Soft |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest, |
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Heathland |
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