- Pronunciation: bill-ard-ee-AIR-ah SCAN-dens
- Common Name: Apple Berry
- Derivation: Billardiera: Honours Billardiere, French botanist, 1755-1834. Visited W.A. with D-Entrecasteau expedition and named many new plants scandens: L.scandens - to climb
- Type: Vine
- Family: PITTOSPORACEAE
- Flowers: White, pink
- Fruit: Green
- Vegetation Type: Dry Eucalypt Forest
- Species List: Bush food, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Cranks Creek, TAFE, Dandaloo, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential: Bush food: Fruit edible. Ripe Fruit tastes like kiwi Fruit.
Landscaping Notes
Delicate Climber, shade, rockeries
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Associated Fauna
Nectar feeding butterflies
