Millaa-Millaa Vine

Elaeagnus triflora is a scandent shrub or vine with a stem diameter of up to 8 cm (3.1 in). The leaves are simple and can grow to 13 cm (5.1 in) long and 6 cm (2.4 in) wide. They are green and punctate above and the underside is covered with minute scales which give them a metallic silver or coppery colour. They have five to eight lateral veins either side of the midrib. Flowers are either solitary or in groups of three on a raceme, and they occur in the leaf axils. They are fragrant and measure up to about 9 mm (0.4 in) long, with four pale yellow, pointed petals. The fruit is red, ellipsoidal and about 17 mm (0.7 in) long, and contains a single seed about 15 mm (0.6 in) long and 6 mm (0.2 in) wide. It is edible.