Araujia sericiflora
Family APOCYNACEAE Life Form VINE
Origin Peru
Description:
A vine with twining stems to 12 m long.
Leaves are opposite on the stem, green and hairless above but pale with dense short downy hairs on the underside.
A broken leaf stalk exudes copious milky sap.
Flowers are large and ornamental, white, bell shaped, fragrant.
The large grey-green fruit are choko-like in appearance and split to release hundreds of plumed seeds.
Flowering time:
Summer
Fruiting time:
Summer to Autumn
Impacts:
Competes with native vegetation
Habitat:
In and near disturbed sites, invading rainforest and riparian vegetation
Reproduction/dispersal:
Seeds, wind-dispersed
Weed status:
Key threatening process
Locality notes:
Sparse but widespread, known from Goonengerry, Wilsons Creek-Huonbrook, Binna Burra, Dorroughby.
Similar Native Species:
Marsdenia spp. and Parsonsia spp.
Goonengerry Landcare 