Carpodetus serratus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Rousseaceae > Carpodetus

Characteristics

Tree up to 10 m. tall; trunk up to 2 dm. or more diam.; sts flowering in semi-juvenile state. Juvenile plants and reversion shoots with slender, zigzag, almost divaricate branchlets; lvs 1-3 × 1-2 cm., on petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina broad-ovate to broad-elliptic to suborbicular, membr., sts irregularly lobed. Young branchlets, petioles, peduncles and pedicels pubescent; lenticels prominent. Lvs of adults 4-6 × 2-3 cm., on slender petioles c. 1 cm. long; lamina thinly coriac., ovate-elliptic to broad-elliptic, acute to obtuse, often mottled, rather distantly finely serrate. Panicles up to 5 cm. long and broad; fls 5-6 mm. across; calyx-lobes c. 1 mm. long, triangular-attenuate; petals white, ovate, 3-4 mm. long. Capsules ind., subglobose, c. 4-6 mm. diam.; integument subfleshy, black when mature; girt by rim of calyx-tube or receptacle.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Root diameter (meter) 0.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Carpodetus serratus leaf picture by schmn j (cc-by-sa)
Carpodetus serratus leaf picture by schmn j (cc-by-sa)
Carpodetus serratus leaf picture by Samuel Rowe (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Carpodetus serratus world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337084-1
WFO ID wfo-0000588319
COL ID 69DSB
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Carpodetus dentatus Carpodetus forsteri Carpodetus serratus