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NZ Plants

Melicope ternata - wharangi

Rue family: Rutaceae

Melicope ternata is a large many-branched bush with leaves divided into three leaflets. Leaflets are a bright shiny green with slightly wavy margins.
An endemic species found in coastal and lowland areas in the North Island to the northern part of the South Island.
 

Vegetative characteristics

Reproductive characteristics

Plant form: shrub up to 8 m

Flower symmetry: symmetric
 

Flower size: 8-10 mm diam.

Leaf form: of three elliptic parts(leaflets)

Sepals: 5

Leaf size: leaflets 50-100 mm

Petals: 5, green

Leaf arrangement: opposite

Sexuality: bisexual to unisexual

Leaf attachment:

Stamens: 8-10

Leaf margin: smooth

Ovary: above petals

Leaf surface: smooth, glands

Fruit: dry


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