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Myoporum laetum G.Forst.

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Myoporum laetum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 44 (1786)
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
1786
44
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Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
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Myoporum laetum

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Myoporum laetum G.Forst.

Tree up to c. 10 m. tall; trunk up to 3 dm. or more diam.; bark brownish, furrowed; branches stout, spreading; branchlets at tip and lvs in bud viscid. Plant often low-growing in exposed coastal places. Lvs on petioles, somewhat flattened, up to c. 3 cm. long. Lamina bright green, glab., sub-fleshy, ± 4-10 × (1)-2-3 cm.; lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or oblong to obovate, acute to acuminate; margins crenulate-serrulate in upper half, sinuate in lower half, or sinuate throughout (different forms often on same plant). Fls 2-6 together in reduced axillary cymes on peduncles up to c. 15 mm. long. Calyx-teeth ± 2 mm. long, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla white, purple-spotted, campanulate, ± 10 mm. diam.; lobes villous on upper surface. Stamens 4, ovary 4-loculed. Drupe narrow-ovoid, ± 6-9 mm. long, pale to dark reddish purple.
Plant with sprawling to prostrate branches. Lvs ± 8-12 × 3-4 cm., on flattened petioles ± 1 cm. long, acute or acuminate; margins entire in lower half, finely serrate in upper. Drupe white, 8 × 5 mm., narrowed to a broad truncate tip.

Myoporum laetum G.Forst.

Tree to c. 12 m high with rough furrowed bark, much less commonly a shrub, generally of open habit with foliage towards end of branches. Lf buds black or greenish black, rarely green, viscid, drying black. Petiole c. 1-1.5 cm long, scarcely distinct from attenuate base of lamina. Lamina 4-14 × 1-5-(6) cm, narrow- to broad-elliptic or obovate, often thick and almost fleshy, nearly always prominently dotted with pellucid glands, usually serrate to serrulate in upper 1/2, sometimes entire; apex mucronate, acute or short-acuminate. Juvenile lvs completely serrate. Fls (1)-2-6; pedicels c. 10 mm long at anthesis. Calyx 2-3 mm long, divided almost to base; lobes lanceolate to ovate, acute to acuminate. Corolla 10-15 mm diam.; lobes > tube, white with purple dots and white-bearded inside. Style sparsely hairy. Drupe 5-10 mm long, narrow- to broad-ovoid or oblong, mauve to purple or reddish purple, occasionally white.

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Myoporum laetum var. decumbens G.Simpson
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Myoporum laetum G.Forst. var. laetum
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Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
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Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
17 March 2009
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