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NZ Plants

Hoheria populnea - houhere, lacebark

Mallow family: Malvaceae

  • Branch

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  • Leaf-stem, pair of stipules

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  • Stem, hairs

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  • Leaf, upper surface

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  • Leaf, upper surface marginal tooth

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  • Young leaf, upper surface hairs

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  • Young leaf, glandular and branched hairs

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  • Leaf, lower surface

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  • Leaf, lower surface branched and simple hairs

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  • Flower arrangement

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  • Flower, side view of sepals

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  • Sepal hairs

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  • Flower, top view. Stamens become distinct from the stamen tube and form several groups. In the centre there are several style branches.

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  • Flower, side view of the petal-stamen tube.

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  • Flower, unbranched hairs

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  • Postpollination flower. The sepals form a cup around the enlarging fruit which consists of 5 fused ovaries.

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  • Young fruit. Wings of tissue grow out from the sides of each individual ovary.

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  • Mature fruit. The fused ovaries separate into individual fruitlets, each with a wing.

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Hoheria populnea is a small spreading tree with pointed elliptic leaves with doubly serrated margins. Often the lower leaf surface is a pale purple. The common name refers to a lacy web of fibres within the smooth bark for which the Māori had many uses. Hoheria populnea is found in the upper half of the North Island in lowland forest
An endemic genus with 7 species. 

Preparation of bark for fibre use

 

Vegetative characteristics

Reproductive characteristics

Plant form: tree up to 10 m

Arrangement of parts: symmetric
 

Flower size: 20-25 mm diam.

Leaf form: undivided, oval

Sepals: 5

Leaf size: 6-18 cm

Petals: 5, white

Leaf arrangement: singly along stem

Sexuality: bisexual

Leaf attachment: stipule

Stamens: numerous

Leaf margin: toothed

Ovary: above

Leaf surface: hairs

Fruit: dry


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