Elaeagnus triflora

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Elaeagnus triflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Genus: Elaeagnus
Species:
E. triflora
Binomial name
Elaeagnus triflora
Synonyms [3]
  • Elaeagnus latifolia var. triflora(Roxb.) Schltdl.

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.

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Description

Elaeagnus 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 of in groups of three on a raceme, and they occur in the [[botanygloss|axil|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]

The fruit is edible. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Species profile—Elaeagnus triflora". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Elaeagnus triflora". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Elaeagnus triflora Roxb". Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 1 2 "Elaeagnus triflora". Flora of China (eFloras). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bush Tucker of the Wet Tropics" (PDF). Wet Tropics Management Authority. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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