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Myoporum insulare R.Br.

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Myoporum insulare R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 516 (1810)
Myoporum insulare R.Br.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
516
ICN
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
species
Myoporum insulare

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insulare

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Myoporum insulare R.Br.

Large shrub or small tree with numerous branches from base, generally with dense bushy habit. Bark smooth. Lf buds green and ± viscid when fresh, often drying black. Petiole c. 1 cm long, scarcely distinct from attenuate base of lamina. Lamina 4-12 × 1.25-3 cm, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, thick and semi-succulent, finely dotted with pellucid glands, mostly serrulate in the upper 1/2, occasionally entire or, especially in juvenile lvs, more extensively serrulate or serrate; apex mostly acute. Fls 1-few; pedicels c. 5 mm long at anthesis. Calyx c. 3 mm long, lobed nearly to base; lobes lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla 7-8 mm diam.; lobes > tube, rounded, white with fine purple dots, white-bearded inside towards base. Style hairy. Drupe c. 6 mm diam., broad-oblong or broad-ovoid (almost as wide as long), shining deep purple.

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Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Myoporum serratum sensu New Zealand authors
Myoporum insulare R.Br.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Australia
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
Australia
Lord Howe Island
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Myoporum insulare R.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
31 December 2023
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