Marsdenia rostrata

Family Asclepiadaceae

Common Milkvine

Robust twiner with copious milky sap. Multi-stemmed from long-lived rootstock.

Flowers: Pale yellow. Some species of Marsdenia pollinated by flies, beetles (Lycidae - Metriorrhynchus sp.)

Fruit: Broad pointed follicle about 5 cm long, splitting to release seeds.

Seed: Seed plumed and therefore wind dispersed.

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

• Sheltered woodland sites.
• Only one plant recorded In the Australian Botanic Garden Woodland.
• No fertile seed set in 2006, possibly due to absence of other plants within pollinator radius.