Elaeagnus triflora
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| Elaeagnus triflora | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Elaeagnaceae |
| Genus: | Elaeagnus |
| Species: | E. triflora |
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| Elaeagnus triflora | |
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Elaeagnus triflora, commonly known as millaa millaa vine, is a scrambling shrub the family Elaeagnaceae. Its native range is Malesia and Papuasia, to Taiwan in the north and the Australian state of Queensland in the south.[3]
Elaeagnus triflora is a scandent shrub or vine with a stem diameter of up to 8 cm (3.1 in). The leaves are simple and can grow to 13 cm (5.1 in) long and 6 cm (2.4 in) wide. They are green and punctate above and the underside is covered with minute scales which give them a metallic silver or coppery colour. They have five to eight lateral veins either side of the midrib.[4][5][6]
Flowers are either solitary or in groups of three on a raceme, and they occur in the leaf axils. They are fragrant and measure up to about 9 mm (0.4 in) long, with four pale yellow, pointed petals.
The fruit is red, ellipsoidal and about 17 mm (0.7 in) long, and contains a single seed about 15 mm (0.6 in) long and 6 mm (0.2 in) wide.[4][5][6] It is edible.[7]
