Alseuosmia macrophylla A.Cunn.

Shrubby honeysuckle (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Glab. much-branched shrub up to c. 2 m. tall; branchlets slender, ascending, reddish brown. Lvs on stout petioles up to ± 15 mm. long. Lamina coriac., obovate-cuneate to broad-elliptic to narrow-obovate, sts sublanceolate; subentire to rather distantly crenately to serrate-dentately lobed or toothed; lobes sts apiculate; of 3 main dimensions: (a) 7-15-(20) × (3)-4-6-(8) cm.; (b) 6-12 × 1·3-2.5 cm.; (c) 4-7 × 2-3 cm. Infl. of 2-5-fld fascicles or fls solitary. Fls (3)-3·5-4 cm. long. Calyx ± 5 mm. long; lobes narrow-to broad-triangular, acute to acuminate. Corolla crimson; tube flaring, lobes 5-(4), deltoid, margins fimbriate. Berry 8-10(13) × 5-6-(7) mm., oblong in outline, crimson.
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A shrub. The leaves are in rings. The flowers are funnel shaped. The fruit is a fleshy berry.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Edible fruits
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Images

Alseuosmia macrophylla unspecified picture

Distribution

Alseuosmia macrophylla world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148249-1
WFO ID wfo-0000527509
COL ID C79R
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Alseuosmia macrophylla