Pittosporaceae FAMILY

Billardiera cymosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Billardiera cymosa is an evergreen climbing plant; it produces stems up to 3 metres long that scramble over the ground and twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 1104 Title Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae) Publication Australian Systematic Botany 17, 83-125 Author L.W.Cayzer; M.D.Crisp & I.R.H.Telford Website http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/asb Publisher CSIRO Publishing Year 2004 ISBN 1030-1887 Description A revision of the genus Billardiera, merging the genera Sollya and Pronaya into it, resurrecting five species and making three new combinations. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - South Australia, Victoria

HabitatWoodlands, mallees and coastal heaths[ 193 Title Wild Food Plants of Australia. Publication Author Low. T. Publisher Angus and Robertson. Year 1989 ISBN 0-207-14383-8 Description Well presented, clear information and good photographs. An interesting read for the casual reader as well as the enthusiast ], on sandy soils[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ].