Geitonoplesium cymosum
Scrambling Lily
Other names:
Family: Philesiaceae
Habitat: Sheltered forests and rainforest gullies
Uses: Shoots edible when boiled, roots possibly edible
Season:
References: Low, Robinson
A climber. The shoots may be boiled and eaten, and have been compared to asparagus. The black berries are inedible. Resembles Eustrephus latifolius (Wombat berry), though the leaves of Geitonoplesium are usually thinner.

Photo: Mitchell Park, Cattai NSW
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