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Monkey Rope Vine

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Parsonsia straminea

Plant Number: 44

Common Name: Monkey Rope Vine, Silkpod

Scientific Name: Parsonsia straminea 

Derivation of name

Parsonia – in honour of James Parsons 1705-1770 a London physician and botanical author

straminea is from a Latin word, 'straminea' meaning chaffy, or straw coloured, and is  referring to the straw coloured hairs on the seeds

Description

  • A strong vine which prefers moist, partially shaded habitats and clings to the trunks of surrounding trees and shrubs
  • Flowers are clusters of small, cream/white or pinkish coloured flowers which are tube-shaped and perfumed in spring, summer and autumn
  • Fruit are long cigar shaped woody seed pods up to 16 cm long which release numerous seeds with fine white silky hairs which are carried by the wind

Human uses

The vine was used as a string or rope by indigenous people. 

Fauna Usage

 The flowers are visited by a number of insects (i.e. red clown bug) as well as bird species. The leaves are food for caterpillars of the Blue Tiger and Common Crow butterflies, while old vines are used by ringtail possums to nest.

 

Acknowledgment: Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Australian Plants Society South East NSW group, Mangrove to Mountains, Noosa Native Plants



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Last reviewed 04 May 2021
Last updated 04 May 2021