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Billardiera cymosa

Botanic Family

Pittosporaceae

Author

F. Mueller

Common Names

• Sweet Apple-berry
• Silky Apple Berry?

Geographical Habitats

• New South Wales
• SE. South Australia
• W. Victoria - Australia

Natural Habitats

• Dry scrub areas

Flowering Times

• Sep-Dec (Aistralia)

Fruiting Times

Evergreen woody twining vine with glabrescent stems. Glabrous or sparsely pilose leaves to 70mm x 12mm. Terminal cymes of 25mm greenish-white, cream,with reddish or bluish tinges or violet flowers, sepals to 6mm long, corolla to 18mm long. Fruit an oblong pendant reddish berry to 15mm long

Edible berries

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Jones & Gray 1977, Wrigley & Fagg 1979
• Nicholls 1995
• Bodkin
• Vicflora