Coprosma_arborea

<i>Coprosma arborea</i>

Coprosma arborea

Species of plant


Coprosma arborea is a species found in New Zealand,[1] traditionally known in Māori by the name mamangi. The flowers have insignificant petals and are wind pollinated, with long anthers and stigmas. The fruit is a non-poisonous juicy berry, containing two small seeds. A typical occurrence location of the species is in the Hamilton Ecological District in New Zealand's North Island.[2]

Quick Facts Coprosma arborea, Scientific classification ...

Tree up to c. 10 m. tall; trunk 2–4 dm. diam.; branches rather close-set; branchlets slender, pubescent. Lvs on petioles winged in upper half, (8)-12-(20) mm. long. Stipules short, triangular, connate near base, ciliolate, with prominent denticle. Lamina rather thin, glab., ovate to broad-elliptic to oblong, sts suborbicular; apex rounded or retuse, sts apiculate or mucronulate; cuneately or abruptly narrowed to petiole; margins thickened, indistinctly waved, often subcrenulate; ± 50-60 × 35-40 mm.; lvs on young plants smaller, lamina ± 15-25 × 10-17 mm. Reticulations obscure above, us. distinct below. ♂ in dense glomerules, terminal on main and axillary branches; calyx-teeth linear, obtuse, ciliolate; corolla funnelform, lobes ovoid, acute, ± = tube. ♀ in clusters of 2–4; calyx-teeth obtuse, ciliolate; corolla-tube short, lobes long, acute. Drupe white, broad-oblong, c. 7 mm. long.[3]

References


Line notes

  1. H.H. Allen. 2009
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2009
  3. "Coprosma acutifolia". Landcare Research. Retrieved 6 June 2020.



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