Lauraceae FAMILY

Cassytha melantha

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cassytha melantha is a vigorous, herbaceous perennial climbing plant with twining stems. A parastic plant, with its leaves reduced to minute scales, it scrambles over vegetation up to 9 metres tall, attaching itself to host plants in order to gain nutruents[ 1109 Title VicFlora - Flora of Victoria Publication Author Website https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An om-line flora for the state of Victoria, Australia. , 1461 Title Flora of Tasmania Online Publication Author Duretto MF (Ed.) Website http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania Publisher Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery: Hobart Year 2009 ISBN Description An excellent flora, in the process of being published (58 family treatments as of 2017). It can be accesed online and can also be downloaded as PDFs. ] The plant can form dense, impenetrable thickets[ 454 Title Useful Fiber Plants of the World Publication Author Dodge C.R. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher USDA; Washington. Year 1897 ISBN Description A rather dated, but very comprehensive catalogue of fibre plants from around the world. The book can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant has been reported as a potential source of fibre for making string etc.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

HabitatParasitic on trees and shrubs, most commonly in coastal areas but also inland; at elevations up to 320 metres[ 1461 Title Flora of Tasmania Online Publication Author Duretto MF (Ed.) Website http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania Publisher Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery: Hobart Year 2009 ISBN Description An excellent flora, in the process of being published (58 family treatments as of 2017). It can be accesed online and can also be downloaded as PDFs. ].