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Recognition
- a scrambling creeper or low climber with short-lived stems that grow each year from long-lived underground tubers.
- its stems are prominently ribbed and green or reddish-green in colour.
- its alternately arranged leaves are distinctively arrow-shaped and are often slightly fleshy in nature.
- its small greenish flowers are inconspicuous, but its bright reddish-pink immature fruit are very distinctive.
- these papery, three-winged, fruit turn pale brown as they mature and are borne in large cascading clusters.
[From: Environmental Weeds of Australia]
References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.