Billardiera macrantha
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| Billardiera macrantha | |
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| Near Toolangi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pittosporaceae |
| Genus: | Billardiera |
| Species: | B. macrantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Billardiera macrantha | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Billardiera macrantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a slender twiner with narrowly elliptic leaves and yellowish-green flowers arranged singly on thin, pendent peduncles. This species is often confused with the similar Tasmanian endemic, Billardiera longiflora.
Billardiera macrantha is a slender twiner with shiny brown stems. Its adult leaves are narrowly elliptic, 24–53 mm (0.94–2.09 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide on a petiole 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. The edges of the leaves curve slightly downwards, the upper surface is glossy green and the lower surface paler. The flowers are arranged singly on a thin, pendent peduncle 17–33 mm (0.67–1.30 in) long. The sepals vary in shape, commonly egg-shaped to needle-like, and 3–9 mm (0.12–0.35 in) long. The petals are spatula-shaped, yellowish-green and tinged or spotted with dark blue at the edges, 26–38 mm (1.0–1.5 in) long, the lobes spreading but not curved backwards. Flowering occurs from October to February and the mature fruit is a shiny purple, oval berry 18–20 mm (0.71–0.79 in) long, containing many seeds.[2][3][4]
