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== glossy, dark-green leaves, pretty flowers and attractive venation. Rubber vine rapidly became a pest, spreading its seed by wind, floodwaters, and in mud sticking to animals and machinery. It was also widely planted in the Charters Towers region of north Queensland during World War II as an alternative source of rubber production, when supplies from South East Asia were disrupted. However these plans never came to fruition, and rubber vine today is very dense around this area. == ==** Rubber vine is a poisonous, woody climbing plant that can reach up to 15 metres high. It takes over rivers,creeks and strangles vegetation. It is poisonous to livestock and can ** prevent animals to keep on drinking the water. ==