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Myoporum

Myoporum laetum

Summary 5

The Ngaio or Mousehole tree (Myoporum laetum) is a tree in the family Scrophulariaceae native to New Zealand.

Description 6

Ngaio is a fast growing evergreen shrub or small tree which appears dome shaped at first but as it gets older distorts as branches break off. It grows to a height of 10 metres, and bears white blossoms with purple spots from mid spring to mid summer. The bark has a brownish furrowed look.

The leaves contain small oil glands which appear as small yellow or white speckles, making the leaf quite distinguishable from those of other shrubs. The flowers are bisexual and borne on axillary cymes, corolla 5 lobed 1.5-2 cm across, ovary superior with 2 locules. The fruit is a bright red drupe 6-9 mm long.

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Valter Jacinto | Portugal, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/valter/3151091126/
  2. (c) David Eickhoff, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8180510542/
  3. (c) Valter Jacinto | Portugal, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/valter/3150947888/
  4. (c) Jon Sullivan, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/8354232883/
  5. Adaptado por earthwatchtrees del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myoporum_laetum
  6. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myoporum_laetum

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