Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Turihaua Park, bottom left hand tree nearest Canaan
Field Collection Date
19 Oct 2005
Field Collection Notes
V. old tree with gnarled, hollow trunk, main trunk leaning uphill. Ht ca 7m. DBH 74.5cm. Branches drooping to ground or spreading, dense, twiggy. Old bark mid-brown, ridged, rough. Lvs at ends of curved branchlets, dk green glossy upper with oil glands and midvein indented along petiole too. Under paler. Flower buds pale green in leaf axils. Few small white 5 petalled flowers, purple spots in throat, fine hairs on inner surface. Petals fused midway. Entire corolla falls off when flower spent.
Open, sunny situation on steep SE facing slope. One of several remnants of historical East Coast native forest.
Ngaio.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 1475, received Sept 2018
Specimen over two sheets A&B
DUPLICATE TO: NZFRI
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.55686, 177.71558 (± 100 m)
177.71558, 177.71558 (± 100 m)
Last Update
23 Oct 2019
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