Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Griseliniaceae Takht.
Genus
Griselinia G.Forst.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Griselinia lucida (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 75 (1786)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Scopolia lucida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 140 (1776)
Vernacular Name(s):
Akakōpuka; Akapuka; Puka; Pukatea
 Description

Shrub or tree up to 8 m. tall; us. epiphytic, developing long root descending to soil; sts rupestral; bark thick, furrowed. Lvs obliquely broadly ovate to oblong, rounded at apex, sts subcordate at base, very unequal-sided, glossy above; main veins prominent below. Panicles with distinct main axis racemosely branched. Sepals 1–2 mm. long; petals of ♂ 2–3 mm. long, of ♀ 0. Fr. 5–10 mm. long, fleshy, dark purple; ovule pend.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Dec.; Fruiting: Dec.–Aug.

 Bibliography
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. [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]
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.