Coprosma autumnalis or C. grandifolia according to earlier Colenso authority, (In Māori: kanono or raurēkau)[1] is a native forest shrub of New Zealand. Its widespread in both the North Island and in the northern South Island,[2] and has the largest leaves of any New Zealand coprosma.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Coprosma |
| Species: | C. autumnalis
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| Binomial name | |
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Kanono is found in wet and shaded forest areas where it can grow to 6 metres high, with a slender trunk and stout branches. Leaves grow up to 15 cm long with 2 cm or longer stalks.[3]
Kanono produces ripe orange fruit between February and May, then flowers around April.[4]
Māori have used the bark to produce a yellow colour for dyeing flax fibre. [1]
C. autumnalis is more commonly known by its earlier name Coprosma grandifolia [5][6]
References
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- ^ a b Chitham, Karl (2019). Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania. Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-9941362-7-5. OCLC 1118996645.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Stewart, Ken (1993). Collins handguide to the native trees of New Zealand (Reprinted ed.). Auckland: Collins New Zealand. p. 24. ISBN 1869500504.
- ^ Stewart, Ken (1993). Collins handguide to the native trees of New Zealand (Reprinted ed.). Auckland: Collins New Zealand. p. 24. ISBN 1869500504.
- ^ "Coprosma grandifolia - kanono/raurekau". forestflora.co.nz. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ Large, Mark F.; Mabberley, David J.; Wood, Elise (December 2020). "Coprosma autumnalis (kanono; Rubiaceae) in New Zealand: nomenclature, iconography and phenology". Kew Bulletin. 75 (4): 37. doi:10.1007/s12225-020-9876-4. ISSN 0075-5974. S2CID 225168574.
- ^ de Lange, P.J. "Coprosma autumnalis". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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