Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Mezoneuron scortechinii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Mezoneuron scortechinii is a sprawling or climbing shrub with stems up to 7 metres long. The stems are usually prickly[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for its gum. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales and Queensland, north to Papua New Guinea.

HabitatMargins of rainforests[ 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. ]. Grows in black or red loam, sand or basaltic scree in vine thicket, on rainforest margins, in mixed eucalypt forest, on creek banks and on dunes in vine forest[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ].