Pittosporaceae FAMILY

Billardiera mutabilis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Billardiera mutabilis is an evergreen, climbing shrub with slender, twining stems that scramble over the ground and climb into surrounding vegetation. The stems can be up to 3 metres long[ 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. , 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 harveted from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales

HabitatPrefers moist sites, usually near the coast, in eucalypt forest and woodland[ 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. ]. Locally abundant in swamp-forests and along river banks[ 549 Title Flore Forestiere Du Globe Publication Author Chnacerel L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Gauthier-Villars et Co.; Paris. Year 1920 ISBN Description Written in French, a very detailed work on the timbers of the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].