Pittosporaceae FAMILY

Billardiera scandens

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Billardiera scandens is a much-branched, evergreen shrub usually growing around 50cm tall, though some branches eventually grow longer and adopt a somewhat climbing habit[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

HabitatBy mountain streams or scrub country in forests, by coasts and on tablelands[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ]. Common in open eucalypt forest and woodland, particularly at higher elevations[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ].