Streblus heterophyllus
| Streblus heterophyllus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Tribe: | Moreae |
| Genus: | Streblus |
| Species: | S. heterophyllus |
| Binomial name | |
| Streblus heterophyllus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paratrophis microphylla | |
Streblus heterophyllus, commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae that it endemic to New Zealand.
As a juvenile plant S. heterophyllus has distinctive fiddle shaped leaves. It grows in areas of lowland forest where it will grow into a tree around 12 metres high.
The small-leaved milk tree flowers from the middle of spring to summer, with red berries following from late spring to autumn.[1]
References
Small-leaved milk tree seedling with its juvenile foliage
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