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Pandorea doratoxylon is a woody scrambler / climber vine-like shrub that is endemic to Australia.
The leaves are mostly opposite, with adult leaves about 8-16 cm long, mostly 3-9 foliolate, leaflets linear to ovate. The inflorescences are 5-15 cm long, calyx 3-5 mm long, corolla 1-2.5 cm long. Whitish in colour, with purplish blotches or stripes in the throat. Bearded inside the corolla and glabrous (lacking surface hairs – smooth) outside.
Found across Australia in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory.
Common name
Spearwood, Western Wonga Vine. The Arrernte name is Uyenpere (pronounced: oo~YIN~pa~ra).
The shafts of the Spearwood were used as spears by local aboriginal people. The wood was straightened by heating and bending over a fire.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Asteranae
- Order: Lamiales
- Family: Bignoniaceae
- Genus: Pandorea
- Species: Pandorea doratoxylon
Footnote & References
- Pandorea doratoxylon (J.M.Black) J.M.Black, Spearwood Bush, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2914345
- Pandorea doratoxylon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandorea_doratoxylon (last visited Oct. 30, 2022).
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