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Needle berry

Rhaphidophora australasica

About

Rhaphidophora australasica, commonly known as needle berry, is a plant in the arum family Araceae that is only found in the Wet Tropics bioregion of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a semi-epiphytic, robust, herbaceous, root climber reaching about 30 m (98 ft) tall. The dark green leaves are oblanceolate to elliptic and measure up to 40 cm (16 in) long by 14 cm (5.5 in) wide. The inflorescence is a spadix about 6–8 cm (2.4–3.1 in) long, enclosed in a spathe about 13 cm (5.1 in) long.

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Family
Araceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Rhaphidophora australasica
Slug
rhaphidophora-australasica
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Araceae
Genus
Rhaphidophora
Species
australasica
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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