A slender perennial vine with fleshy, fibrous roots.
Weed Category:
Weed:
No
Form or habit:
Vine (Climbing, Twining or groundcover)
Family:
Philesiacae
Leaf:
Simple Opposite Narrow to narrowly egg- shaped, prominent parallel veins, conspicuous raised midrib on the upper surface, green and glossy. 5-8 x 1-2cm.
Flower conspicuous:
Conspicuous
Flower colour:
White, Mauve
Flower description:
White to mauve with yellow stamens, about 2cm diameter; 6 star-like petals. Borne in pendulant clusters near the ends of branchlets. November to February
Gallery (riverine or riparian) forest, open forest, rainforest, vine thicket, woodland.
Distribution
Northern Queensland to eastern Victoria.
Food source for:
Fruit are eaten by rose crowned fruit dove, mistletoe bird and satin bowerbird.
Toxicity:
No toxicity known
Origin:
Australia; New Guinea
Notes:
Distinguished from wombat berry (Eustrephus latifolius) by: black fruit; inner segments of flowers not fringed. Conspicuous raised midrib on the upper surface whereas E. latifolius has several veins on the lower surface.
Information sources:
Townsend K. & the Society for Growing Australian Plant Townsville Branch Inc. (1994) Across the Top: Gardening with Australian Plants in the tropics.
