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Raukawa
| Common
name: Raukawa |
Botanical
name: Pseudopanax Raukaua edgerleyi |
| Family: Araliaceae |
Maximum height: 10
metres |
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Where found:
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- Lowland to lower montane forest, often as epiphytes on tree
ferns
- Up to 600 metres
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| 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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PHOTO: Barry Hartley
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