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Coprosma crassifolia
Coprosma crassifolia, is a forest shrub native to New Zealand. It is found from the coast up to approximately 600 metres in both the North and South Islands.
From the article Coprosma crassifolia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Mingimingi is a much branched shrub often 1-2 metres and up to 4 metres high with green flowers from September to October. It fruits from November to June with translucent berries that holds white seed, which is attractive to skinks and birds. The leaves are 6-10 mm long by 5 mm wide tapering at the base. It has opposite paired leaves that are small roundish, stiff and remotely spaced leaves and that are glossy dark green on top and whitish underneath. Both are distinguishing features
Range & habitat
It is found in scrublands, forests, and coasts, up to approximately 600 metres in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
C crassifolia was described by Colenso in 1846. Coprosma is from the Greek kopros and osme meaning dung smell. Crassifolia is from the Latin, meaning thick leaf.
Wikipedia: “Taxonomy and etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Coprosma crassifolia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 401012.