RBGS FloraAeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum Broadleaf Sugarbush (Protea eximia) Glandular Globe Thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus) Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea media) Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) Koko (Soehrensia formosa) Lavender Queen (Leptospermum rotundifolium) Nepenthes mixta x maxima Orchids Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) St Johns Wort (Hypericum oblongifolium) Spider Hibiscus / Japanese Lantern (Hibiscus schizopetalus) Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)
Strongylodon macrobotrys has a number of common names including Jade Vine, Emerald Vine, Blue Jade Vine or Turquoise Jade Vine, and is endemic to the tropical forests of the Philippines. Its local name is Tayabak.
A climbing vine, the stem can grow to 2 cm in diameter, as it winds its way up the trees to reach sunlight. The vine has been known to reach 18 m in length, as it twines its way through and around the host trunk and branches.
The flower is a turquoise colour, which can vary from blue-green to mint green. The flowers hang in clusters from inflorescences on the mature vines. The flower have evolved to allow them to be pollinated by a species of bat that hangs upside down on the inflorescence to drink its nectar.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Fabaceae
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Tribe: Phaseoleae
- Genus: Strongylodon
- Species: Strongylodon macrobotrys
Footnote & References
- The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/
- Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/347721-Strongylodon-macrobotrys
RBGS FloraAeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum Broadleaf Sugarbush (Protea eximia) Glandular Globe Thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus) Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea media) Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) Koko (Soehrensia formosa) Lavender Queen (Leptospermum rotundifolium) Nepenthes mixta x maxima Orchids Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) St Johns Wort (Hypericum oblongifolium) Spider Hibiscus / Japanese Lantern (Hibiscus schizopetalus) Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)
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