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| Common
name: Native jasmine, akakiore |
Botanical
name: Parsonsia heterophylla |
| Family: Apocynaceae
(Dogbane family) |
Maximum height: n/a |
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Where found:
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- Coastal to lowland and lower montane forest, forest margins
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| Description: |
- A soft wooded, twining, branching liana up to 10 metres tall,
the main stem is up to 10cm diameter and the branchlets are pubescent
(hairy) and reddish-brown
- Dark green leaves with a shiny upper surface and pale underside,
diverse shapes (30-100mm x 5mm-40mm) especially on young plants
- Fragrant white flowers 6-10mm
- Long narrow seed pods
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PHOTO: Peter Winter

PHOTO: Peter Winter

PHOTO: Maggie Bayfield

PHOTO: Barry Hartley

PHOTO: Colin Ogle
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