Common name: Prickly Supplejack
Ripogonum discolor F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Stout climber with stems to c. 5 m long, sometimes shrub-like when young; stems glabrous, usually prickly.
Leaves opposite, lamina ± oblong, 12–20 cm long, 33–50 mm wide, apex acute, base ± rounded and tapering into petiole, lamina glabrous, thick and stiff, lower surface slightly yellowish, strongly veined; petiole 5–7 mm long, often ± flattened and twisted.
Inflorescence axillary, many-flowered; pedicels 0–2 mm long. Tepals 7–9 mm long, creamish. Stamens 12–15 mm long.
Berry globose, 10–15 mm diam., black; seed 1.
Flowering: chiefly winter.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in moist rainforest, coastal districts north from Myall Lakes and inland to Werrikimbe N.P.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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