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Common name: Raukawa Botanical name: Pseudopanax Raukaua edgerleyi
Family: Araliaceae Maximum height: 10 metres

 

Where found:

  • Lowland to lower montane forest, often as epiphytes on tree ferns
  • Up to 600 metres
Description:
  • Tree with a trunk up to 40cm diameter
  • Adult leaves are long-oval, not serrated, aromatic, green with a shiny surface and wavy margins (7-15cm x 3-5cm), juvenile leaves have 3-5 leaflets (leaflet 5-15cm x 1.5-3.5cm) with pale green to reddish brown undersides and wide teeth on the margins
  • Small (3-4mm) star shaped greenish flowers
  • Round fruit, 3-4cm
  • Pimply, rough bark

 

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