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Parsonsia straminea

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(R.Brown) F. Mueller

Common Names

• Monkey Rope
• Common Silkpod
• Twining Silkpod

Geographical Habitats

• N. New South Wales
• Queensland
• Tasmania
• Victoria - Australia

Natural Habitats

• Swamp forest
• montane areas
• riverside
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jan-May (Australia)

Fruiting Times

Evergreen tall woody twining shrub with axillary & terminal cymes or panicles of fragrant 8mm long cream, brown or mauve flowers, corolla 6mm long, tube to 1.5mm long, lobes to 3mm long, fruits paired 200mm long silky capsule, vigorous woody twiner, glabrous opposite leaves

Further References

• Jones & Gray 1977
• Wrigley & Fagg 1979
• Bodkin
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FA
• Kew