Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Myrsine seguinii H.Lév.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, M4, Burma Track, above Beechwood
Field Collection Date
10 May 2005
Field Collection Notes
Small shrubby tree with laxly arching branching. Trunk divides in 3 at .5m. Ht ca 4m. Wood dark brown, shiny, with paler vertical bands. Bark peeling at base horizontally around stem. Branch attachments swollen. Lvs on curved petioles, 3 lobed, with leaflet surface curving and twisted. White midvein on upper side extends along top of petiole. Lvs dark green upper, paler underside.
Shady situation beneath tall trees on mod steep NE facing slope.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 1501, received Sept 2018
Specimen over two sheets A&B
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56122, 177.71531 (± 100 m)
177.71531, 177.71531 (± 100 m)
Last Update
19 Aug 2021
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