''Leichhardtia rostrata'',

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''Marsdenia rostrata'', is a common climbing plant found in eastern Australia (Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria). This member of the dogbane family features white milky sap, when leaves are broken from the stem. It is found in a variety of habitats in relatively high rainfall areas, including rainforest and wet

eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of Flowering plant, flowering trees, shrubs or Mallee (habit), mallees in the Myrtaceae, myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the Tribe (biology) ...

forest. Widespread in distribution in coastal regions, though it also appears inland in places such as the Liverpool Range. It may grow to ten metres tall, with a woody stem up to 4 cm wide. Leaves range from 4 to 13 cm long and 2 to 7 cm wide. The fruit is somewhat pear shaped, 5 cm by 2.5 cm. The specific epithet ''rostrata'' is from ancient Greek, and it refers to the beaked head of the flower's stigma.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 327 In 1810, this species first appeared in scientific literature, in the ''

Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as ''Prodromus Flora Nova ...

'', authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.

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Asclepiadoideae Flora of New South Wales Flora of Lord Howe Island Flora of Victoria (state) Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1810 {{Apocynaceae-stub