Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malpighiales Martius
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 18 (1852)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Elaeodendron micranthum Hook.f., London J. Bot. 3: 228 (1844)
Vernacular Name(s):
Manakura; Swamp mahoe
 Description

Shrub up to 2 m. tall or occ. more; branches stiff ± interlaced; branchlets stiff, ± pubescent. Lvs sts fascicled; petioles slender 3–5–(10) mm. long, ± pubescent; lamina subcoriac., 1–2.5 × 1–2 cm., elliptic- to obovate-oblong to broad-ovate, sinuate to subcrenate, sts sub- entire. Fls minute, axillary, solitary or 2–3 together; pedicels ± pubescent; ♂ with short ± ciliate rounded calyx-lobes; petals oblong, twice length of calyx; anthers broad, sessile; connective flat. ♀ calyx and petals as in ♂; style short, stout; stigma discoid, 3–5-lobed. Berry 3–4 mm. diam., obovoid to subglobose, dark purple; seeds (1)–4.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
 Phenology

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

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