Paratrophis microphylla, commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae that is endemic to New Zealand.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Paratrophis |
| Species: | P. microphylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne (1915)
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Description
editAs a juvenile plant, P. microphylla has distinctive fiddle-shaped leaves and a divaricating growth pattern.[2] It grows in areas of lowland forest where it will grow into a tree around 12 metres (39 feet) high.
The small-leaved milk tree flowers from the middle of spring to summer, with red berries following from late spring to autumn.[3]
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Small-leaved milk tree seedling with its juvenile foliage -
Foliage with berries
References
edit- ^ Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ G. Marie Bulmer (1958). A key to the divaricating shrubs of New Zealand. Department of Botany, Victoria University of Wellington.
- ^ "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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