Annonaceae FAMILY

Melodorum leichhardtii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Melodorum leichhardtii is a vigorous, climbing, evergreen shrub with large stems up to 9cm in diameter that can climb to the canopy of the rainforest. Some of the branches form loops to act like tendrils and support the plant[ 144 Title Wild Food in Australia. Publication Author Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Publisher Fontana Year 1976 ISBN 0-00-634436-4 Description A very good pocket guide. , 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ]. The edible fruit is sometimes harvested from the wild and consumed locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales, Queensland, north to Papua New Guinea.

HabitatComplex microphyll closed forests[ 440 Title Brisbane Rainforest Action and Information Network, Publication Author Website http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on plants in the Queensland Rainforests. ]. Grows in well developed rain forest, gallery forest, monsoon forest and vine thickets at elevations from sea level to 1,100 metres[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].