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| Common
name: Corokia, Whakataka, Chatham Island
korokio |
Botanical
name: Corokia macrocarpa |
| Family:
Cornaceae (Dogwood family) |
Maximum
height: 6 metres |
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| Where found: |
- Sea level to 400 m
- Forests and forest margins in the Chatham Islands (not native
to Taranaki)
- Dry places
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| Description: |
- Small tree with dense, spreading head of stout branches
- Thick leathery deep green leaves with silvery-grey undersides.
Distinctive tomentum (hairs) on undersides. 40-80 mm long by 15
to 35 mm wide on stout petioles (leaf stalks) up to 1cm long.
- Flowers from October to December - 5-petalled yellow with bright
orange disc in centre Individual flowers about 1cm wide at the
tips of branchlets.
- Orange to red-coloured fruit 1cm long. Ripens April to May.
- Dark rough bark, branchlets covered in tomentum (hairs)
- Tolerance: frost-moderate, wind-high, salt-high, drought-high,
waterlogging-low.
Environmental
Tolerances - key
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