Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Argophyllaceae Takht.
Genus
Corokia A.Cunn.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Corokia buddleioides A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 249 (1839)
Synonymy:
Type collections: 'Margins of woods, on the shores of the Bay of Islands, Wangaroa [sic], &c.—1826, A. Cunningham.—1834, R. Cunningham'. Lectotype (designated by Allan 1961, p. 441): 1826, A. Cunningham s.n. (BM).
  • = Corokia buddleioides var. linearis Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 686 (1925)
Type collection: 'Upper Kauaeranga Valley, Thames, T. F. C.'. Lectotype (designated by Allan 1961, p. 441): Kaueranga [sic] Valley, Thames, October 1880, T. F. C[heeseman] s.n. (AK 6731)
Vernacular Name(s):
korokio; Korokio-tāranga
 Description

Much-branched shrub up to 3 m. or more tall; branchlets slender, not divaricate; bark dark, rough. Lvs alt., coriac., 5–15 × 1–3 cm., on stout petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina narrow- to rather broad-lanceolate, acuminate to acute. Panicles terminal and axillary, up to 5 cm. long; fls c. 7–10 mm. diam. Calyx-segs ovate-oblong, obtuse, c. 2–3 mm. long; petals bright to pale yellow, c. 5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate-oblong, subacute. Drupes bright to dark red to black, c. 6–7 mm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Dec.; Fruiting: Nov.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1925: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 3: 244–250.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [as Corokia buddleioides A.Cunn. var. buddleioides; Corokia buddleioides var. linearis Cheeseman] [Naturally Uncommon; Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]