Scientific Name: Parsonsia straminea

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  • Pronunciation:
    par-SONS-ee-ah stram-ee-NEE-ah
  • Common Name:
    Monkey Vine
  • Derivation:
    Parsonsia: honours James Parsons 1705-1770 London physician and botanical author straminea:
  • Type:
    Vine , robust twining climber that has adventitious roots (in this case roots arise from where the leaves join the stem) . These enable the vine to cling to the trunks of trees and shrubs.
  • Family:
    APOCYNACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Tubular, Cream, White, in clusters, spring, summer, autumn
  • Fruit:
    Cigar-shaped. Seeds covered with white silky hairs
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland,
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Weyba Esp, Plants for Coastal Gardens, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Biosphere Day Noosa Woods, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Peregian Boardwalk, Coolum High, Pomona School Oval, Mooloolaba TAFE, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Sunshine Beach Primary, St. Teresa's, Noosa High School, Pacific Lutheran College, NNP service road, NNP service road, Cooroibah 26.4.09, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Fraser Island, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Boreen Point, Leslie Drive Roundabout, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, NNP Tanglewood, BHNR, Emu Swamp, Dandaloo, Noosa River NP, NNS Fern Track, Stratford Park, NNS, Heritage Park, Upper Yandina Creek, Wallac
Identification Notes

Very common vine. Begins as a root climber and also coils. ||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly laval food plant: Lesser Wanderer, Common Crow (pictured). Butterfly nectar food plant : Blue Tiger, Swamp Tiger, Varied Eggfly , Blue Triangle, and Varied Dusky-blue.||Provides food for native bees and wasps.

Landscaping Notes

Can be used as a vigorous bank cover if kept under conrol. Sun, Shade, part shade,||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||