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Streblus heterophyllus, commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Streblus heterophyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Streblus
Species:
S. heterophyllus
Binomial name
Streblus heterophyllus
(Blume) Corner
Synonyms

Paratrophis microphylla


Description


As a juvenile plant, S. heterophyllus has distinctive fiddle-shaped leaves and a divaricating growth pattern.[1] 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.[2]

  • Small-leaved milk tree seedling with its juvenile foliage
    Small-leaved milk tree seedling with its juvenile foliage
  • Foliage with berries
    Foliage with berries

References


  1. G. Marie Bulmer (1958). A key to the divaricating shrubs of New Zealand. Department of Botany, Victoria University of Wellington.
  2. "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2012.


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