Paratrophis microphylla

Paratrophis microphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Paratrophis
Species:	P. microphylla
Binomial name
	Paratrophis microphylla; (Raoul) Cockayne (1915)
Synonyms
	Epicarpurus microphyllus Raoul (1844); Paratrophis heterophylla Blume (1856); Paratrophis opaca Druce (1917), nom. superfl.; Streblus heterophyllus (Blume) Corner (1962); Taxotrophis microphylla (Raoul) F.Muell. (1868); Trophis opaca Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f. (1853), nom. superfl.;

Paratrophis microphylla, commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

As a juvenile plant, P. microphylla has distinctive fiddle-shaped leaves and a divaricating growth pattern.^[2] It grows in areas of lowland forest where it will grow into a tree around 12 metres (39 feet) high.

The small-leaved milk tree flowers from the middle of spring to summer, with red berries following from late spring to autumn.^[3]

Small-leaved milk tree seedling with its juvenile foliage
Foliage with berries

References

^ Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ G. Marie Bulmer (1958). A key to the divaricating shrubs of New Zealand. Department of Botany, Victoria University of Wellington.
^ "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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[powo-1] Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[2] G. Marie Bulmer (1958). A key to the divaricating shrubs of New Zealand. Department of Botany, Victoria University of Wellington.

[Tiritiri-3] "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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