Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
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Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, M2, Gondwana Bush, lower path deviating off main path to Burma Rd, tree on downhill side of path
Field Collection Date
24 Jun 1997
Field Collection Notes
Upright slender tree, Ht ca 5.5m. Tree fastigiate trunks forming at 0.5m. Bark dark brown with paler lenticels appearing as horizontal stripes. Foliage dense. Leaves narrow, oblong, stiff, with toothed margins. Mid-green glossy upperside, underside paler covered in fine brown hairs thicker along midvein. Leaves alt or opposite. Older leaves yellowing - showing necrotic spots.
SW side of mod-steep sloping hillside. Some shading. Replanted native forest. Exposed to South.
Rewa Rewa. NZ Honeysuckle.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 660, received Sept 2018
DUPLICATE TO: NZFRI
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56183, 177.71414 (± 50 m)
177.71414, 177.71414 (± 50 m)
Last Update
27 Oct 2020
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