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Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.

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Alectryon excelsus Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 216, t. 46 (1788)
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.

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New Zealand
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Gaertn.
Gaertn.
1788
216, t. 46
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Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
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Alectryon excelsus

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excelsus

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Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.

Tree up to ± 10 m. tall; trunk ± 6 dm. diam.; branches stout, bark nearly, black; branchlets, lflts, infl.-axes and capsules densely clad in ferruginous hairs when young. Lvs imparipinnate, ± 10-40 cm. long, on petioles ± 8 cm. long. Lflts alt. to subopp., 4-6 pairs on petiolules c. 5 mm. long. Lamina ± 5-10 × 2-5 cm. long, subcoriac., slightly obliquely ovate-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, acuminate, ± sinuate-undulate, coarsely irregularly serrate-dentate with teeth up to c. 5 mm. long, to obscurely toothed or entire. Panicles up to c. 3 dm. long, us. much and openly branched; pedicels slender, up to c. 5 mm. long. Calyx cupular, pubescent, ± deeply cleft into 5 triangular acute teeth. Stamens 6-8; anthers large, dark red. Ovary small, densely pubescent. Capsule somewhat woody, 8-12 mm. long, pubescent, winged above, the wing us. produced as a spur on one side. Seeds subglobose, black, lustrous; aril scarlet, fleshy, granular, us. investing lower half of seed, sts vestigial.

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Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.

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Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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66962af5-f172-4914-ba1c-361f54f5ec89
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1 January 2000
5 July 2007
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