Billardiera longiflora
| Purple apple-berry | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pittosporaceae |
| Genus: | Billardiera |
| Species: | B. longiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Billardiera longiflora Labill.[1] | |
Billardiera longiflora, the purple apple-berry, is a small Australian vine found in cool, moist forests from southern New South Wales to Tasmania, where it is native. It was described by French botanist Jacques Labillardière in 1805.[1]
The slender leafed vine has greenish-yellow flowers and shiny purple fruit.[2] The fruit is edible.
References
- 1 2 GRIN (17 February 2005). "Billardiera longiflora information from ARS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- ↑ Low, T. (1988). Wild Food Plants of Australia. ISBN 0-207-16930-6.
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