Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Leichhardtia > Leichhardtia australis

Leichhardtia australis (bush banana)

Synonyms: Leichardtia australis (homotypic); Marsdenia australis; Marsdenia leichhardtiana

Wikipedia Abstract

Marsdenia australis, commonly known as the bush banana, silky pear or green vine is an Australian native plant. It is found in Central Australia and throughout Western Australia. It is a bush tucker food used by Indigenous Australians. The flowers hang in clusters and can also be eaten, as can the main part of the plant (altyeye in Arrernte). All parts of the bush banana plant are still eaten in the desert today.
View Wikipedia Record: Leichhardtia australis

Predators

Danaus chrysippus (Plain Tiger)[1]
Euploea alcathoe[1]
Euploea core (Oleander butterfly)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0