Coprosma serrulata Hook.F. ex J.Buch.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Coprosma

Characteristics

Erect to depressed bushy shrub up to ± 1 m. tall; branches stout, spreading, with white bark falling in flakes; branchlets rather stout, glab. Lvs on winged petioles 10-15 mm. long. Stipules broadly triangular to subtruncate, ± glab.; denticles prominent, us. several. Lamina thick, coriac., dark green, ± rugulose above, paler below, subrotund to broad-obovate or obovate-oblong; apex rounded to subtruncate, mucronate; ± 40-70 × 25-40 mm.; margins cartilaginous, crenulate-serrulate. Reticulated veins evident on both surfaces. ♂ several together on very short axillary peduncles; calyx 0; corolla subcampanulate, lobes 4-5, oblong-triangular, acuminate, ciliolate; stamens 4-6. ♀ solitary on short axillary peduncles; calyx truncate, teeth 2; corolla tubular, lobes narrow-triangular, acute to subacuminate, < tube. Drupe red, broad-oblong, 7-8 mm. long.
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A shrub. It grows 60 cm tall. Plants are separately male and female. The fruit are orange red and 8 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 7-10. It grows in mountain forest and grassland in New Zealand. It can grow in light shade and in best in moist soil.
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Montane to lower sub-alpine forest, shrubland and grassland, from latitude 41° south and southwards on South Island.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked. The roasted seed is used as a coffee substitute.
Uses coffee substitute dye wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination luminosity -
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Productivity -

Images

Coprosma serrulata unspecified picture

Distribution

Coprosma serrulata world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:747507-1
WFO ID wfo-0000923694
COL ID Y6VB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Coprosma serrulata