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]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Elaeagnaceae |
| Genus: | Elaeagnus |
| Species: | E. triflora |
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Description
editElaeagnus 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]
Gallery
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Habit
Leaf underside
Flowers
Fruit
References
edit- ↑ "Species profile—Elaeagnus triflora". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ "Elaeagnus triflora". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Elaeagnus triflora Roxb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- 1 2 Guymer, G.P. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Elaeagnus triflora". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- 1 2 F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Elaeagnus triflora". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- 1 2 "Elaeagnus triflora". Flora of China (eFloras). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ "Bush Tucker of the Wet Tropics" (PDF). Wet Tropics Management Authority. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
External links
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- View a map of herbarium records of this species at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- View observations of this species on iNaturalist
- See images of this species on Flickriver.com