Sarcopetalum harveyanum

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

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Plant  information

Common name:                Pearl Vine

Conservation status:  ...

Etymology:   

• "Scarpo" = foot

• The epithet, harveyanum" is dedicated to Professor Harvey, M.D., of the Dublin University, who much work on the elucidation of marine vegetation

Flowers:                  

• Red or yellow flowers occur on racemes in summer

• These racemes often grow from old wood on the vine

• The flowers are tiny and seldom seen, petals 3 mm long

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a red drupe, 5 to 8 mm in diameter

• They resemble a miniature bunch of grapes

Leaves:         

• The leaf stalk is attached under the surface of the leaf

• The leaves are heart shaped with raised leaf veins on both surfaces of the leaf

• Seven veins branch out from the leaf base  - a mid rib and three pairs of veins

• The inner pair of veins extend almost all the way up the leaf

• Leaves are 4 to 12 cm long and 2 to 9 cm wide

Stem & branches: 

• The leaf stem is 1 to 8 cm long

• The swelling at the base of the leaf stem is enlarged and evident

Roots:         

Habit:        

Habitat:   

• It can be found in or around rainforests, and is also seen in eucalyptus forests

Distribution:                  

• A common plant found mostly in coastal areas of eastern Australia

Additional notes:     

• Ecology

  • Pearl vine is food for the larvae of the moths Eudocima salaminia and Eudocima fullonia

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcopetalum_harveyanum (2023)