Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Metrosideros

Characteristics

Rather slender liane up to 15 m. or more tall; branchlets terete, ± setose. Lvs subsessile, close-set; lamina broad-ovate to broad-oblong to suborbicular on same plant, coriac., obtuse, ± 6-12 × 5-9 mm., glab. above, pale below and ± setose; margins recurved. Infl. of axillary few-fld cymes, crowded towards apex of branchlets; peduncles and pedicels pubescent to setose. Receptacle broad-turbinate; sepals broad, obtuse; petals suborbicular, white or pink; stamens 8-10 mm. long, white to pink. Ovary adnate to receptacle. Capsule subglobose, 4-5 mm. diam., exserted, loculicidally 3-valved.
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Sore (unspecified)
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Images

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Distribution

Metrosideros perforata world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:598286-1
WFO ID wfo-0000242515
COL ID 42JXZ
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Synonyms

Melaleuca perforata Metrosideros scandens Metrosideros tenuifolia Leptospermum perforatum Metrosideros buxifolia Metrosideros perforata Metrosideros vesiculata Metrosideros myrtifolia