Scientific Name: Billardiera scandens

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  • Pronunciation:
    bill-ard-ee-AIR-ah SCAN-dens
  • Common Name:
    Apple Berry
  • Derivation:
    Billardiera: Honours Billardiere, French botanist, 1755-1834. Visited W.A. with D-Entrecasteau expedition and named many new plants scandens: L.scandens - to climb
  • Type:
    Vine
  • Family:
    PITTOSPORACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, pink
  • Fruit:
    Green
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Bush food, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Cranks Creek, TAFE, Dandaloo, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes

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

Bush food: fruit edible. Ripe fruit tastes like kiwi fruit.

Associated Fauna

Nectar feeding butterflies

Landscaping Notes

Delicate climber, shade, rockeries||Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||