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Climbers, creepers, vines
(Hibiscus pentaphyllus)
Spindly, spreading branches, yellow hibiscus flowers with dark scarlet centre, small cone shaped fruit containing several hard black seeds. detail >>
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Native Jasmine (Jasminum didymum)
This small shrub has mildly scented white flowers, black berries, and climbs adjacent plants or objects if available. Common around Broome. detail >>
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Jackbean, Beachbean (Canavalia rosea)
Spreading vine, oval leaves, racemes pink pea flowers, large 10-15cm beans burst when ripe. Common along coastal regions of Kimberley. detail >>
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Sturt Pea (Swainsona formosa)
Red and black showy pea flowers, common in the Pilbara detail >>
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(Polymeria ambigua)
Small creeper, pink flowers detail >>
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(Gossypium rotundifolius)
Dark green orbicular leaves, large pink/red hibiscus like flowers detail >>
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(Caesalpinea major)
Vigorous robust climbing shrub. Yellow flowers in terminal racemes, spiky fruit contaaining two dark green marble-like seeds collected by Bower Birds. Kimberley detail >>
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Beach Morning Glory (Ipomea pes-caprae)
A glabrous perennial, long creeping prostrate trailing stems
grows on beach and coastal dunes. A pantropical species detail >>
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Bush Yam (Ipomea costata)
Climbing vine to 3 metres, underground tubers send out side shoots and tubers to form new plants. Climbs own canes to become dense shrub, has beautiful white to purple flowers, dark red centre. Found in the Southern Kimberley, Pilbara and across Cental Australia detail >>
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(Jacquemontia sp.)
Pic 1 J. paniculata, slender twiner to 2 metres, ovate leaves, lilac flowers in umbelliferous cymes, capsules globuar with minutely winged seeds.
Pic 2 J. pannosa, prostrate creeper and climber to 1m, leaves alternate, greyish-green lanceolate, flowers pink-purple to pale blue or white,... detail >>
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(Merremia davenportii)
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Crab-eye Bean (Abrus precatorious)
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Snake vine (Tinospora smilacina)
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