Billardiera longiflora

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]

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.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. Low, T. (1988). Wild Food Plants of Australia. ISBN 0-207-16930-6.