Leichhardtia rostrata
Leichhardtia rostrata, commonly known as milk vine or common milk vine, is a species of plant in the frangipani family Apocynaceae, endemic to eastern Australia. It was formerly known as Marsdenia rostrata.
Description
Leichhardtia rostrata is a woody vine with stem diameters up to. It may grow to ten metres in length, leaves are opposite and attached by petioles up to long; leaf blades are rounded, up to long and wide. Flowers occur in umbels, the fruit is a long, pointed, dehiscent follicle up to long. Like all other members of its family, the plant produces milky white sap when damaged.Taxonomy
It was first described in 1810 by Scottish botanist Robert [Brown |Robert Brown] and given the name Marsdenia rostrata. Following a review of Marsdenia by Australian botanist Paul [Irwin Forster] published in 2021, all Australian members of the genus were transferred to either Leichhardtia or Gymnema.The specific epithet rostrata is derived from the Latin word rostratus meaning 'beak' or 'snout', a reference to the fruit.