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NZ Plants
Ascarina lucida - hutu
Family: Chloranthaceae
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Branch
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Stem, stipules
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Leaf, upper surface
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Leaf, lower surface
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Young leaf, tooth
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Mature leaf, tooth
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Flower arrangement
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Male and female flowers
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Female flower with receptive stigma. Female flowers are tucked in between the male flower and the stem and mature first.
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Male flowers consist of a single, sessile stamen with a large anther.
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Fruit
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Ascarina lucida is a woody shrub recognised by its reddish-purple branchlets and opposite glossy leaves with toothed margins and tiny flowers in lax spikes.
An endemic species found throughout New Zealand preferring moist lowland and coastal forest but uncommon outside of the Coromandel Peninsula of the North Island and western areas of the South Island.
Vegetative characteristics |
Reproductive characteristics |
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Plant form: shrub up to 6 m |
Arrangement of parts: asymmetrical |
Flower size: 1-1.5 mm diam. |
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Leaf form: undivided, elliptic to oval |
Sepals: 0 |
Leaf size: 2-7 cm |
Petals: 0 |
Leaf arrangement: in opposite pairs along the stem |
Sexuality: unisexual, on the same plant |
Leaf attachment: stipule |
Stamens: 1 |
Leaf margin: toothed |
Ovary: below petals |
Leaf surface: hairless |
Fruit: fleshy |
