| Purple Apple-berry | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
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Billardiera longiflora, 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.