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Ripogonum album

Botanic Family

Ripogonaceae

Author

R. Brown

Common Names

• White Supplejack

Geographical Habitats

• New South Wales
• N. & E. Queensland
• E. Victoria - Australia
• Papua New Guinea

Natural Habitats

• Highland rainforest
• scrubland

Flowering Times

• Jan-Mar

Fruiting Times

Evergreen high-climbing glabrous twining vine with sparse prickles on older canes, coriaceous leaves to 130mm x 40mm. Axillary racemes of 15mm cream flower, petals to 5mm x 3.5mm, fruits to 15mm diameter ripen bright red

Further References

• Jones & Gray 1977
• Bodkin
• Fedde
• Kew