Lauraceae
Found in Vic, NSW, Tas, SA and WA.
Fast growing parasitic creeper with a tangle of coarse, leafless stems.
Very small white flowers in spikes in winter.
The flowers are covered in black hairs.
Fruit is green to black in colour.
Plant is rootless except at germination and roots die away once contact is made with an host.
Can grow to a large size strangling its host plant even an eucaplypt.