Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Streblus Lour.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Streblus heterophyllus (Blume) Corner, 19: 221 (1962)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Paratrophis heterophylla Blume (1852)
  • = Epicarpurus microphyllus Raoul, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 2: 117 (1844)
  • ≡ Taxotrophis microphylla (Raoul) F.Muell., Fragm. (Mueller) 6, 193 (1868)
  • ≡ Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne (1915)
Vernacular Name(s):
Ewekuri; Milk tree; Small-leaved milk tree; Tāwari; Tūrepo
 Description

Juveniles with slender flexuous branchlets, distant lvs 5–10 × 3–10 mm. on slender petioles 1–2 mm. long; lamina obovate in outline, crenate-serrate, often with large terminal and a pair or more of small lateral lobes. Lvs of adults 8–25 × 5–12 mm., on petioles up to 5 mm. long; lamina ovate- to obovate-oblong to elliptic, obtuse or subacute, crenate-serrate. Spikes axillary, solitary or paired; staminate up to 2.5 cm. long, densely fld; pistillate up to 1·5 cm. long, laxly 3–10-fld. Drupe globose, red, 4–5 mm. diam.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Connor, H.E.; Edgar, E. 1987: Name changes in the indigenous New Zealand flora, 1960–1986 and Nomina Nova IV, 1983–1986. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 115–170.
Corner, E.J.H. 1962: The Classification of Moraceae. The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 19: 187–252.
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]
Mueller, F.J.H. von 1867–1868: Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 6. Melbourne.
Raoul, E. 1844: Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Recueillies et décrites par M.E. Raoul. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique sér. 3, 2: 113–123.