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Common name: White rata Botanical name: Metrosideros colensoi
Family: Myrtaceae Maximum height: Up to 6 metres

 

Where found:

  • Coastal and lowland forests
Description:
  • A climber with branches that characteristically arch out into hanging curtains
  • Branchlets almost circular, very hairy when young but becoming hairless with age
  • Pointed leaves 8-20mm x 5-20mm
  • A few small white flowers, terminal on hanging branch tips, flowering from November to January

 

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PHOTO: Barry Hartley

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