Biology:Elaeagnus triflora
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Elaeagnaceae |
| Genus: | Elaeagnus |
| Species: | E. triflora
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Elaeagnus triflora, commonly known as millaa millaa vine, is a scrambling shrub the family Elaeagnaceae. Its native range is Malesia and Papuasia, to Taiwan in the north and the Australian state of Queensland in the south.[3]
Description
Elaeagnus triflora is a Template:Botanygloss 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 Template:Botanygloss 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.[4][5][6]
Flowers are either solitary or in groups of three on a raceme, and they occur in the Template:Botanygloss. 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.[4][5][6] It is edible.[7]
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References
- ↑ "Species profile—Elaeagnus triflora". Queensland Government. 2024. https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=17323.
- ↑ "Elaeagnus triflora". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/115173.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Elaeagnus triflora Roxb.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323824-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Guymer, G.P. (2022). "Elaeagnus triflora". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Elaeagnus%20triflora.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Elaeagnus triflora". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Elaeagnus_triflora.htm.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Elaeagnus triflora". Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250073448.
- ↑ "Bush Tucker of the Wet Tropics". Queensland Government. https://www.wettropics.gov.au/rainforest_explorer/Resources/Documents/factsheets/bushTuckerOfTheWetTropics.pdf.
External links
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Wikidata ☰ Q15245917 entry
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