Scientific Name: Geitonoplesium cymosum

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  • Pronunciation:
    guy-ton-oh-PLEES-ee-um cy-MOW-sum
  • Common Name:
    Scrambling Lily
  • Derivation:
    Geitonoplesium: Gr. geiton - neighbour; plesion - near (refers to closeness of genus to Luzuriaga) |cymosum: flowers in cyme.
  • Type:
    Vine , twining climber.
  • Family:
    PHILESIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White. Spring, summer, autumn
  • Fruit:
    Black berry
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest, wallum woodland.
  • 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

Leaf: Shiny leaves with mid-vein raised on upper surface, borne on short petiole. ||Flowers arranged in cyme.||

Landscaping Notes

Shade-loving. Tough hardy scrambler. Attractive glossy foliage.||Propagation is from seed ripening July-September. Best suited to moist shaded position.||Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery Woombye||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||