Common name: Hairy Supplejack
Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Climber with stems to c. 8 m long, sometimes shrub-like; stems rusty-tomentose, older stems usually prickly.
Leaves opposite, lamina ± elliptic to ovate-oblong, 6–20 cm long, 3–7 cm wide, apex ± acute, base ± cordate, lamina glabrescent except for main veins, thick and stiff, strongly veined; petiole 3–6 mm long, rusty-tomentose.
Inflorescence axillary, many-flowered, rachis tomentose; pedicels 0–2 mm long. Tepals 5–8 mm long, creamish. Stamens 5–6 mm long.
Berry globose, 6–12 mm diam., black; seeds 1-few.
Flowering: winter–spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in moist rainforest; coastal districts north from Dorrigo.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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