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Marsdenia australis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(R. Brown) Druce

Common Names

• Bush Banana
• Silky Pear
• Green Vine
• Merne Alangkwe (Aborigine)
• Doubah
• Native Pear
• Austral Doubah
• Cogola Bush

Geographical Habitats

• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Victoria
• Western Australia - Australia

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• scrubland
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Late Spring to Summer

Fruiting Times

Twining vine with creamy axillary flowers, tuber to 160mm diameter. Up to 19-flowered umbels, flowers 5mm diameter, greenish to yellow, corolla tube to 4mm long, lobes to 3mm long. Follicles to 100mm long, 35mm diameter

Further References

• APNI
• FA
• Bodkin
• NSW