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Common name: Toro Botanical name: Myrsine salicina
Family: Myrsinaceae Maximum height: 8 metres

 

Where found:

  • Lower montane forest
  • Up to 850 metres
Description:
  • An open branched tree
  • The leaves are narrow, leathery and smooth (70-180 mm x 20-30 mm)
  • Clusters of tiny (3 mm) pink flowers grow on the branchlets
  • The drupes are 5-9 mm long and are red to orange
  • Thick, dark red, furrowed bark
  • Preferred food of possums

 

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PHOTOS: Barry Hartley

 

 

 

 

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