Marsdenia rostrata
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Common name: Milk Vine
Conservation status: unknown
Etymology:
The specific epithet rostrata is from ancient Greek, and it refers to the “beaked” head of the flower's stigma
Flowers:
x
Fruit:
The fruit is somewhat pear shaped, 5 cm by 2.5 cm
Leaves:
Leaves range from 4 to 13 cm long and 2 to 7 cm wide
Stem & branches:
It may grow to ten metres tall, with a woody stem up to 4 cm wide
Features white milky sap, when leaves are broken from the stem
Roots:
x
Habit:
It is a common climbing plant
Habitat:
High rainfall areas, including rainforest and wet eucalyptus forest
Distribution:
Found in eastern, Australia
Widespread in distribution in coastal regions,
Though it also appears inland in places such as the Liverpool Range
Species:
World: S, G
Australia: S, G
Additional notes:
In 1810, this species first appeared in scientific literature, in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown