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October Glory
Photo: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey
BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
October Glory:
Faradaya splendida
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This vine has
large opposite leaves and large showy white flowers that do indeed appear around
October.
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The following fruits are also large, and look, smell and feel like
potatoes (which of course are not related and not a type of fruit).
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If a piece
of the flesh is picked at, it darkens.
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Hinton and
Hinton (1989) note that cassowaries eat the fruit.
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Humans can also eat the
fruit. Breeden and Cooper (1993) record this plant as being used by the local
Aboriginal people as an `indicator' plant; when it fruits, it is the time the Brush
Turkeys have eggs in their nest.
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This vine is
found in the canopy and on the edge of rainforest in north east Australia and
New Guinea.
Script: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide |
