Paratrophis microphylla
| Paratrophis microphylla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Paratrophis |
| Species: | P. microphylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne (1915) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Paratrophis microphylla, commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae that is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
Description
[edit]As a juvenile plant, P. microphylla has distinctive fiddle-shaped leaves and a divaricating growth pattern.[3] It grows in areas of lowland forest where it will grow into a tree around 12 metres (39 feet) high.
The small-leaved milk tree flowers from the middle of spring to summer, with red berries following from late spring to autumn.[4]
Small-leaved milk tree seedling with its juvenile foliage
Foliage with berries
References
[edit]- ↑ Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ↑ "Streblus heterophyllus". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ↑ G. Marie Bulmer (1958). A key to the divaricating shrubs of New Zealand. Department of Botany, Victoria University of Wellington.
- ↑ "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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