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Photographed at Otari Wilton Bush Reserve<br /> | Photographed at Otari Wilton Bush Reserve<br /> | ||
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Photos below are of a small shrub planted at Port Taranaki<br /> | Photos below are of a small shrub planted at Port Taranaki<br /> | ||
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The leaf underside. <br /> | The leaf underside. <br /> | ||
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Another leaf shape (underside)<br /> | Another leaf shape (underside)<br /> | ||
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | ||
Latest revision as of 15:04, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Plantae
(Unranked): Angiosperms
(Unranked): Eudicots
(Unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Melicytus
Species: M. novae-zelandiae
Botanical name: Melicytus novae-zelandiae
Synonyms: Scaevola novae-zelandiae, Hymenanthera novae-zelandiae, Hymenanthera latifolia var. tasmanica, Hymenanthera latifolia, Hymenanthera latifolia.
Common name: Coastal Mahoe
A small dioecious shrub growing naturally along New Zealand’s northern coast from the Bay of Plenty northwards. It grows mainly on the coastal offshore islands. It grows up to 1 – 2m tall and is multi-stemmed with an upright growth habit. The olive green leaves tend to be leathery with serrations that are rounded.
During August to September, it has small yellowish green bell-shaped flowers. The female plants produce numerous ovoid white shaded berries spotted with very dark purple from late August to October.
Melicytus novae-zelandiae is reported as being entomophilous (Webb et al. 1999), but later research shows indications of wind pollination as well. It is now thought to have dual (wind- and animal-) pollination. It has substantially higher pollen: ovule ratios than the animal-pollinated plant species.
Photographed at Otari Wilton Bush Reserve
Photos below are of a small shrub planted at Port Taranaki
The leaf underside.
Another leaf shape (underside)
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
