Billardiera fusiformis

Botanical Description

Billardiera fusiformis is a much-branched, evergreen, climbing shrub usually growing around 2 - 5 metres tall. The sturdy stems scramble over the ground, twining into the surrounding vegetation for support[ 1104 Title Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae) Publication Australian Systematic Botany 17, 83-125 Author L.W.Cayzer; M.D.Crisp & I.R.H.Telford Website http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/asb Publisher CSIRO Publishing Year 2004 ISBN 1030-1887 Description A revision of the genus Billardiera, merging the genera Sollya and Pronaya into it, resurrecting five species and making three new combinations. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is often grown as an ornamental in Australia[ 1104 Title Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae) Publication Australian Systematic Botany 17, 83-125 Author L.W.Cayzer; M.D.Crisp & I.R.H.Telford Website http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/asb Publisher CSIRO Publishing Year 2004 ISBN 1030-1887 Description A revision of the genus Billardiera, merging the genera Sollya and Pronaya into it, resurrecting five species and making three new combinations. ]. The plant has often escaped from cultivation, primarily through birds eating the fruit and then spreading the seed. It has become commonly naturalized in southeast Australia[ 1104 Title Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae) Publication Australian Systematic Botany 17, 83-125 Author L.W.Cayzer; M.D.Crisp & I.R.H.Telford Website http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/asb Publisher CSIRO Publishing Year 2004 ISBN 1030-1887 Description A revision of the genus Billardiera, merging the genera Sollya and Pronaya into it, resurrecting five species and making three new combinations. ].