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Common Silkpod                                                  Parsonsia straminea

This vine is also called Monkey Rope and is found along Australia’s east coast.

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The leathery leaves are elliptical and glossy green above and paler on the underside. They come off the stem opposite each other and in spring and summer clusters of small cream/pink flowers appear.

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Cigar-shaped, woody seed pods with many seeds and fine silky hairs develop. They split to release seed from September to December.

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Photo            R Miller 

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