Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Piper excelsum excelsum G.Forst.
Classification
Family
Genus
Subname
excelsum
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, [North Island,] Gisborne Land District, Gray's Bush Scenic Reserve, Sth West margins of bush, on edge of forest
Field Collection Date
04 Sep 1996
Field Collection Notes
Small shrub 2m tall. Mod-dense foliage on rounded bush. Bark mid-brown becoming dark red-brown on younger branchlets. Branches zig-zagging with swollen nodes. Leaves on ends of branchlets, heart-shaped, mid-green semi-glossy upper, paler underside. Light veining. Soft. Many insect holes in leaves. Terminal leaf arising from stipule of penultimate leaf. Male spikes in clusters of 2 or 3, held erect. Pale green. White pollen. Leaves aromatic.
Late afternoon sun only. Forest floor shrub beneath tall cabbage trees, kowhai, and whitey-wood.
Kawakawa.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 590, received Sept 2018
DUPLICATE TO: NZFRI
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.59711, 177.96178 (± 150 m)
177.96178, 177.96178 (± 150 m)
Last Update
16 Mar 2021
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