Paratrophis microphylla
Appearance
Paratrophis microphylla | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
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] | |
|
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.
Description
[edit]As a juvenile plant, P. microphylla has distinctive fiddle-shaped leaves and a divaricating growth pattern.[2] 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 16 September 2012.