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Wharangi, koheriki
| Common
name: Wharangi, koheriki |
Botanical
name: Melicope ternata |
| Family: Rutaceae
(Rue family) |
Maximum height: 7
metres |
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Where found:
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- Coastal forest margins
- Uncommon
- Up to 300 metres
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| Description: |
- A spreading branching shrub with slender pale yellow-green branchlets
- Leaves are bright yellow-green, with three leaflets (5-10cm
x 2-4cm), thin, slightly leathery with wavy margins, lemon-scented
when crushed
- Yellow green flowers (10mm across) occur in pairs, flowering
September to November
- Fruit is a dry wrinkled capsule with four lobes
- Black and glossy seeds (5mm long) from September to October
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PHOTO: Peter Winter

PHOTO: Peter Winter
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