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Beilschmiedia tawa Kirk

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Beilschmiedia

Characteristics

Tree up to 24 m. or more tall, trunk up to 1 m. diam., bark dark, smooth; branchlets slender, at first sparsely hairy. Lvs alt. to occ. subopp., on slender petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina thinly coriac., entire, 5-10 × 1-2 cm., lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, acute to obtuse, ± glaucous below, midrib and main veins evident. Panicles axillary, up to 8 cm. long; peduncles and pedicels slender, glabrate. Fls 2-3 mm. diam., bracts linear, caducous; per. segs ovate to oblong, glabrate. Drupe ellipsoid to ovoid, 2-3 cm. long, one-seeded; pericarp dark purple.
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A tall tree. It is evergreen. It grows to 25 m high. The trunk can be 1.5 m across. The bark is smooth and brown. The leaves are pale brown. The leaves are long and narrow and pointed. The flowers are very small. They grow in clusters where the leaf meets the stem. The fruit are 2.5 cm long. They are blue-black.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Root diameter (meter) 0.8
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in New Zealand from sea level to 800 m altitude. Hobart Botanical Gardens.
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Shady moist forests in lowland and lower montane areas on North and South Islands, south to 42° S.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

The fruit are eaten cooked. They were soaked in water, dried and pulped. Caution: The seeds need to be well boiled or treated before being eaten.
Uses material medicinal wood
Edible barks fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Beilschmiedia tawa unspecified picture

Distribution

Beilschmiedia tawa world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Conservation status

Beilschmiedia tawa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:462962-1
WFO ID wfo-0000562123
COL ID L9CG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Laurus victoriana Nesodaphne tawa Beilschmiedia tawa Laurus tawa
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