About Ripogonum album R.Br.
Ripogonum album R.Br., commonly called white supplejack, is a common rainforest climbing vine native to eastern Australia. It occurs naturally in the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. This is a stout climber with stems that can grow up to 15 metres long. Its leaves can be identified by their characteristic longitudinal venation. The plant produces greenish white flowers, and its fruit is a round red berry. The specific epithet album comes from Latin, and it refers to the plant's white flowers. Indigenous Australians traditionally used the stems of this species to build traps for catching crayfish. This species was first formally published in scientific literature in 1810 by prolific Scottish botanist Robert Brown, in his work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.
