Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Melicytus ramiflorus J.R. Forst. & G.Forst.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, [North Island,] Gisborne Land District, Gray's Bush Scenic Reserve, Sth-West side of Gray's Bush by main entrance
Field Collection Date
22 Oct 1996
Field Collection Notes
Three trunked medium bush. Ht ca 3.5m. Many leaves eaten. Wood grey-brown. Leaves mid-green, glossy, alternate. Flowers very sweetly scented, growing in clusters from branchlets and leaf axils. Flowers small, lemon-green, 6 petalled, on slender pedicels.
Shady position on edge of bush to left of entranceway behind fence. Behind plane tree. Macropiper, Cordyline, Nikau bush.
Whitey Wood.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 597, received Sept 2018
Specimen over two sheets A&B
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.59731, 177.95903 (± 50 m)
177.95903, 177.95903 (± 50 m)
Last Update
23 Oct 2019
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