Vincetoxicum lineare

Vincetoxicum lineare is an edible species of plant found in arid regions of Australia, it is also known as the bush bean. The habit of the slender plant is a climber or trailer, with stems obtaining a length around two metres. The flowers appear throughout the year, except during February to March, the purple brown colour beginning as a greenish yellow. The margin of the corolla is often hairy, the lobes are deeply divided. Three to seven umbels appear in an axial arrangement, from which a twenty centimetre pod is produced.[3]

Vincetoxicum lineare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Vincetoxicum
Species:
V. lineare
Binomial name
Vincetoxicum lineare
(Decne.) Meve & Liede[1]
Synonyms[2]

Doemia linearis (Decne.) F.Muell.
Pentatropis linearis Decne.
Rhyncharrhena linearis (Decne.) K.L.Wilson
Doemia atropurpurea (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Doemia kempeana (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Doemia quinquepartita (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Pentatropis atropurpurea (F.Muell.) Benth.
Pentatropis kempeana F.Muell.
Pentatropis quinquepartita (F.Muell.) Benth.
Rhyncharrhena atropurpurea F.Muell.
Rhyncharrhena quinquepartita F.Muell.

The species is noted as an ancient food source of the peoples inhabiting the drier regions of Australia. All parts of the plant are known to edible, but the stem is not regularly consumed. The plant has a low nutritional value, although a source of vitamin C.[3]

References
  1. Meve, Ulrich; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid (18 September 2018). "Vincetoxicum (Apocynaceae—Asclepiadoideae) expanded to include Tylophora and allies". Phytotaxa. 369 (3): 129–184. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.369.3.1. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 92204609.
  2. "Vincetoxicum lineare (Decne.) Meve & Liede". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  3. "Plant of the Month — May 2019". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
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