Billardiera heterophylla

Botanical Description

Billardiera heterophylla is a much-branched, evergreen, shrub usually forming a rounded shape around 1 - 3 metres tall and wide. Some branches eventually become scandent, twining 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 probably harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is often grown as an ornamental and has potential for use in soil reclamation and reforestation projects[ 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 fruit of this species is much eaten by birds and the seed is spread easily by them. It has become a very adventitious colonizer of disturbed sites, whilst horticultural use in the last century in Australia has also spread it far from its original distribution in Western Australia. It is now found in the foothills around every major eastern Australian city[ 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. ].