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Medicine Bark

Ventilago viminalis

Also called Supplejack, Vinetree

Medicine Bark
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0

Ventilago viminalis, known as supplejack or vine tree, is a native Australian species that starts life as a scrambling climber and becomes a small, multi-trunked tree up to about 7 metres. It is grown mainly in warm, dry climates and needs good drainage and sun.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Tree, Climber
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; tolerates drought.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N., C. & E. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Ventilago viminalis, commonly known as supplejack, vine tree or whip vine, is a tree native to Northern and Central Australia from coastal regions of Queensland to the Northern Territory and Western Australia (with occurrences in New South Wales and South Australia).

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ventilago viminalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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