Scientific Name: Hypserpa decumbens

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  • Pronunciation:
    hip-SIR-pah de-CUMB-ens
  • Common Name:
    Hypserpa
  • Derivation:
    Hypserpa: Gr. hypsos, high and herps - to creep.||decumbens: L. decumbere - to lie down.
  • Type:
    Scandent shrub or woody climber , vine
  • Family:
    MENISPERMACEAE
  • Flowers:
    in axillary racemes.
  • Fruit:
    Drupe. Spherical, yellow to red to purplish black
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest
  • Species List:
    FI Podberscek, Heritage Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP service road, Wooroi Palm Grove, NNP, Upper Yandina Creek,
Identification Notes

Similar to Pleogyne australis. Young stems densely rusty-hairy. Leaves alternate. Petiole has distinct swelling.