Family: Luzuriagaceae
Plant: A climber with stems to 6m long with striated green stems.
Flowers: White to mauve, drooping star-like flower with yellow stamens. 6 petals (tepals), 3 entire and 3 fringed.
Flowering: October-November.
Fruit: Yellow to orange 1-2cm diameter globular berry-like capsule with numerous black seeds.
Leaves: Elliptic or ovate to lanceolate 3-10cm long and 3-3.5cm wide, thin, flexible and dull with parallel veins. The leaves are alternately arranged along zigzag branchlets.
Habitat: Common in moist, sheltered areas in rainforest, rainforest margins and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Twining habit. Yellow to orange berry-like capsules hanging below stems. Lanceolate leaves with parallel veins.
Name:
Eustrephus From Greek = well-twined, plaited (referring to its twining growth habit)
latifolius From Latin = broad-leaved
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White, Violet |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Yellow, Orange |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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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 |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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