Coprosma autumnalis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Coprosma |
Species: | C. autumnalis
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Binomial name | |
Coprosma autumnalis |
Coprosma autumnalis or C. grandifolia according to earlier Colenso authority, (In Māori: kanono or raurēkau) [1] is a native forest shrub of New Zealand. Its widespread in both the North Island and in the northern South Island, [2] and has the largest leaves of any New Zealand coprosma.
Kanono is found in wet and shaded forest areas where it can grow to 6 metres high, with a slender trunk and stout branches. Leaves grow up to 15 cm long with 2 cm or longer stalks. [3]
Kanono produces ripe orange fruit between February and May, then flowers around April. [4]
Māori have used the bark to produce a yellow colour for dyeing flax fibre. [1]
C. autumnalis is more commonly known by its earlier name Coprosma grandifolia [5] [6]
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Coprosma autumnalis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Coprosma |
Species: | C. autumnalis
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Binomial name | |
Coprosma autumnalis |
Coprosma autumnalis or C. grandifolia according to earlier Colenso authority, (In Māori: kanono or raurēkau) [1] is a native forest shrub of New Zealand. Its widespread in both the North Island and in the northern South Island, [2] and has the largest leaves of any New Zealand coprosma.
Kanono is found in wet and shaded forest areas where it can grow to 6 metres high, with a slender trunk and stout branches. Leaves grow up to 15 cm long with 2 cm or longer stalks. [3]
Kanono produces ripe orange fruit between February and May, then flowers around April. [4]
Māori have used the bark to produce a yellow colour for dyeing flax fibre. [1]
C. autumnalis is more commonly known by its earlier name Coprosma grandifolia [5] [6]
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