Aphanopetalum resinosum
Gum Vine
Gum Vine
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Common name: Gum Vine
Conservation status: unknown
Critically Endangered (Victoria)
Etymology:
Flowers:
Four petal flowers form on cymes
Petals 1 to 3 mm long
Fruit:
The fruit is a nut, 2 to 3 mm long
Leaves:
Leaves 4 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, wavy edged or toothed
Leaf stem 2 to 5 mm long
The stems hairless, marked with lenticels
Stem & branches:
Roots:
Habit:
Usually a vine or small shrub growing in moist areas
Habitat:
Growing in rainforest or eucalyptus forest in eastern Australia
Distribution:
North-east Victoria, through NSW and to Queensland
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