Billardiera mutabilis

Salisb.

Green appleberry

Pittosporaceae Edible: Fruit 2,556 iNaturalist observations

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Summary

Billardiera mutabilis, commonly known as climbing apple berry, apple berry, snot berry, apple dumplings or changeable-flowered billardiera, is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a slender climber or twiner with narrowly elliptic leaves and bell-shaped, greenish-yellow flowers that turn bluish as they age.

Description

A twining or scrambling plant. It grows 0.5-1.5 m high and 0.5-1 m wide. The leaves are green, narrow and sword shaped. They are 2-5 cm long. They are slightly hairy and wavy along the edges. The flowers are yellow-green. They are bell shaped. The fruit are 2-3 cm long and oblong in shape. They are yellow-green.

Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows in dry sclerophyll forest. Tasmania Herbarium.

Where It Grows

Australia*, Tasmania*,

Cultivation

It is easily grown from cuttings. Seed grow with difficulty.

Notes

There are about 25 Billardiera species. They grow in Australia.

References (3)

Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 107
Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A., and Seberg, O., 2007, Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. p 256
Whiting, J. et al, 2004, Tasmania's Natural Flora. Tasmania's Natural Flora Editorial Committee PO Box 194, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia 7315 p 250