Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malpighiales Martius
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Melicytus micranthus var. microphyllus (Colenso) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 48 (1906)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Melicytus microphyllus Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 19: 260 (1886 [1887])
 Description

Up to 5 m. tall; lamina 2–9 × 2–5 mm., obovate to orbicular, often subentire. Berry ovoid, 4–6 mm. diam.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1887: A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous phænogamic plants, being a further contribution towards making known the Botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 19: 259–271.
Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.