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Common Milk Vine
Leichhardtia rostrata
Leichhardtia rostrata, synonym Marsdenia rostrata, is a common climbing plant found in eastern Australia (Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria). This member of the dogbane family features white milky sap, when leaves are broken from the stem. It is found in a variety of habitats in relatively high rainfall areas, including rainforest and wet eucalyptus forest. Widespread in distribution in coastal regions, though it also appears inland in places such as the Liverpool Range....
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1448733.