Paratrophis microphylla

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.

Paratrophis microphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Paratrophis
Species:
P. microphylla
Binomial name
Paratrophis microphylla
(Raoul) Cockayne (1915)
Synonyms[1]
  • Epicarpurus microphyllus Raoul (1844)
  • Paratrophis heterophylla Blume (1856)
  • Paratrophis opaca Druce (1917), nom. superfl.
  • Streblus heterophyllus (Blume) Corner (1962)
  • Taxotrophis microphylla (Raoul) F.Muell. (1868)
  • Trophis opaca Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f. (1853), nom. superfl.

Description

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As 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]

References

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  1. ^ Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ G. Marie Bulmer (1958). A key to the divaricating shrubs of New Zealand. Department of Botany, Victoria University of Wellington.
  3. ^ "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2012.