Scientific Name: Flagellaria indica

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  • Pronunciation:
    fladge-el-AIR-ee-ah in-DEE-cah
  • Common Name:
    Supplejack
  • Derivation:
    Flagellaria: refers to long flexible whip-like shoots ||indica: ? L. indicus - from India
  • Type:
    Vine Climber ,
  • Family:
    FLAGELLARIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, cream, spring to autumn
  • Fruit:
    White berries
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Bush food, Bush medicine, Craft, FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP service road, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Boreen Point, TAFE NNP Tanglewood NNP Palm Grove Noosa Banks Dandaloo, Stratford Park, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park
Cultural Notes

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

Length of vine was cut and stripped and used for climbing. Woven into fish traps and nets. Basket-weaving, tying and stitching roof materials.

Bush medicine: Sap applied to sore eyes, young shoots and terminal buds crushed and mixed water to relieve sore throat, toothache and chest complaints. |Parts of plant used to produce sterility in females. |Benumbing stem chewed for toothache.

Roots were a source of water.

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Identification Notes

Mid rib of leaf extends into a fine coil.||

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting. ||Birds eat the fruit. ||Butterfly larval food plant: Southern Large Darter (Large Darter), Common Pencilled-blue.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||