Scientific Name: Eustrephus latifolius

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-STREPH-us lat-ee-FOAL-ee-us
  • Common Name:
    Wombat Berry, Orange Vine
  • Derivation:
    Eustrephus: Gr. eu - well, strepho - to twist (refers to twisting habit) |latifolius: broad leaves
  • Type:
    Vine , much branched rambling climber
  • Family:
    PHILESEACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, cream, pink, spring, summer
  • Fruit:
    Orange berry
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest,
  • Species List:
    Weyba Esp, Landcare Display Garden, Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, W2, Bush food, Emu Mt., Peregian Boardwalk, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Cooroy Primary School, NNP service road, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Old Tewantin, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, Boreen Point, NNP Tanglewood, NNS, Noosa Banks, BHNR, Stratford Park, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park, Wallace Park, Lake Cooroibah West
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush food: Roots sweet-tasting when raw. white, edible tubers, which are crisp, juicy and taste like raw potato, Berries contain edible pulp.

Identification Notes

Leaf : narrow with parallel veins, several conspicuous on under surface||

Landscaping Notes

Hardy, sun, part shade, shade. Scrambler, good on fences.||Slender climber can be allowed to grow on established trees as it does not develop a strangling dense canopy.||Propagation is from seed ripening from July-September.||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Clumping form featured in Noosa Landcare Display Garden at Pomona as a filler.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||