Scientific Name: Geitonoplesium cymosum

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  • Pronunciation:
    guy-ton-oh-PLEES-ee-um cy-MOW-sum
  • Common Name:
    Scrambling Lily
  • Type:
    Twining climber.
  • Family:
    HEMEROCALLIDACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White. Spring, summer, autumn
  • Fruit:
    Black berry
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    Weyba Esp, SBHS, Craft, Bush food, FI Podberscek, NLTalks2010, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Wallace Park, NNP service road, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Boreen Point, Noosa North Shore PS, NNP Tanglewood, NNP Palm Grove, Noosa Banks, BHNR, Dandaloo, NNP Coastal, Stratford Park, NNS, 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:

Bush food: young shoots taste like asparagus.

Strong wiry stems used as rope.

Identification Notes

Leaves have one raised mid-vein on upper surface. Eustrephus latifolius, which can look very similar, has multiple parallel veins on the underside of leaf and orange-coloured fruit.

Landscaping Notes

Shade-loving. Tough hardy scrambler. Attractive glossy foliage.| Best suited to moist shaded position.||