- Taxon
- Gallery
- ≡ Panax colensoi Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 94, t. 21 (1853)
- ≡ Nothopanax colensoi (Hook.f.) Seem., J. Bot. 4: 296 (1866)
- ≡ Neopanax colensoi (Hook.f.) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 434 (1961)
Shrub or tree, us. completely dioec., up to 5 m. or more tall, glab. in all parts; branches stout, spreading. Lvs 3–5-foliolate, lflts sessile or subsessile, narrow-obovate to obovate-cuneate or broad elliptic-oblong, coriac., coarsely serrate to serrate-dentate in upper half, acute to obtuse; terminal lamina 5–17 × 2–11 cm.; midrib distinct above and below, veinlets obscure; petiole stout, 5–20 cm. long or more, stipulately sheathing at base. Umbels compound, sts reduced; primary rays c. 8, secondary rays c. 10–12, umbellules 5–10-fld. Calyx truncate to minutely 5-toothed; petals 5, ovate to triangular, acute. Ovary 2-loculed, 2-ovuled; style-branches 2, finally spreading. Fr. 4–6 mm. diam., somewhat compressed, almost black.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Neopanax colensoi (Hook.f.) Allan]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
Total | 3 |