# Eustrephus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eustrephus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eustrephus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustrephus > Source revision: 1316579592 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Eustrephus latifolius |image = Eustrephus latifolius 7.jpg |image_caption = Flowers |status = LC |status_system = QLDNCA |status_ref = {{R|DESQLD}} |parent_authority = [R.Br.](/source/Robert_Brown_(botanist%2C_born_1773)) |authority = [R.Br.](/source/Robert_Brown_(botanist%2C_born_1773)) }} '''''Eustrephus''''' is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic_taxon) genus (i.e. a genus that contains a single species) in the family [Asparagaceae](/source/Asparagaceae), subfamily [Lomandroideae](/source/Lomandroideae). The sole species is '''''Eustrephus latifolius''''', commonly known as '''wombat berry'''. It is an evergreen vine native to [Malesia](/source/Malesia), the [Pacific Islands](/source/Pacific_Islands) and eastern [Australia](/source/Australia). It grows in [sclerophyll](/source/sclerophyll) forest, [woodland](/source/woodland), [heathlands](/source/Heath_(habitat)), shrublands, [gallery forest](/source/gallery_forest) and [rainforest](/source/rainforest)s. The leaves are highly variable in shape, elliptic to linear, {{Convert|30|–|100|mm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|3|–|35|mm|in|abbr=on}} wide. All leaf veins are equally distinct. Flowers are pink to mauve or white. The yellow-orange, globose, capsules are {{Convert|1|–|2|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} diameter and contain numerous black seeds partly enclosed in a white aril. The variation in the shapes of the leaves has resulted in the creation of numerous infraspecific taxa over the years, none of which are recognised by most present-day systematists. ==Uses== The tubers are edible and have a sweet flavour.{{R|TIMLOW}} The 1889 book ''The Useful Native Plants of Australia'' records that this plant "produces sweet though only small tubers, which, however, are probably capable of enlargement through culture (Mueller)."{{R|MAIDEN}} ==Gallery== File:McKay Eustrephus latifolius 32392729721 756ca669ce o.jpg|Foliage and fruit File:Wombat berry flower bud snowy river by Echidna Walkabout.jpg|Flowers, and very broad leaves File:Eustrephus latifolius fruit.jpg|Plant with long narrow leaves File:P1240694 - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg|Fruit: black seed in white aril ==References== {{Reflist | 27em | refs= {{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=15339 |title=Species profile—''Eustrephus latifolius'' |year=2022 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=[Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government) |access-date=31 January 2024}} {{Cite web | title= ''Eustrephus''% | url= http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Eustrephus%25 | access-date= 11 Dec 2013 | type= listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia | work= [Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database | publisher= Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government }} {{Cite journal | last1= Laferrière | first1= Joseph E. | year= 1995 | title= Nomenclature and type specimens in ''Eustrephus'' R.Br. and ''Geitonoplesium'' Hook. (Geitonoplesiaceae) | journal= Austrobaileya | volume= 4 | issue= 3 | pages= 391–399 | jstor= 41738875}} {{Cite journal | last1= Chase | first1= M. W. | last2= Reveal | first2= J. L. | last3= Fay | first3= M. F. | year= 2009 | title= A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae | journal= Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | volume=161 | issue=2 | pages=132–136 | doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x| name-list-style=amp | doi-access= free }} {{cite web |author=F.A.Zich |author2=[B.Hyland](/source/B.Hyland) |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |access-date=27 May 2021 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Eustrephus_latifolius.htm |title=Eustrephus latifolius |website=[Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants](/source/Australian_Tropical_Rainforest_Plants) (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government)}} {{Cite web | url= http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eustrephus~latifolius | last1= Harden | first1= Gwen J. | year= 2001 | title= ''Eustrephus latifolius'' R.Br. ex Ker Gawl. – New South Wales Flora Online | work= PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System | location= Sydney, Australia | publisher= The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust | version= 2.0 | access-date= 11 Dec 2013 }} {{cite book |last=Low |first=Tim |author-link=Tim Low |title=Wild Food Plants of Australia |date=1998 |publisher=Angus & Robertson Publishers |location=Sydney |isbn=0-207-16930-6 |url=https://www.timlow.com/wild-food-plants/ |page=122 }} {{cite book |last=Maiden |first=J. H. |title=The Useful Native Plants of Australia, (Including Tasmania) |date=1889 |publisher=The Technological Museum of New South Wales |location=Sydney |page=30 |access-date=13 October 2025 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12453210 }} }} {{Taxonbar|from1=Q3011736|from2=Q14395001}} Category:Bushfood Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Flora of New South Wales Category:Flora of Victoria (state) Category:Asparagales of Australia Category:Monotypic Asparagaceae genera Category:Lomandroideae {{Asparagaceae-stub}} {{Australia-plant-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eustrephus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustrephus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustrephus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.