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Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.

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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
1786
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Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
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Avicennia resinifera

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resinifera

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Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.

Small tree up to c. 8 m. tall (reduced to a shrub in southern part of range). Lateral roots spreading widely, emitting ∞ stout, erect "breathing" roots. Bark grey, furrowed; branches stout, spreading; branchlets pubescent. Lvs on narrowly winged petioles up to c. 1 cm. long. Lamina glab. above, densely clad in white to buff appressed tomentum below, coriac., ± 5-10 × 2-4 cm., ovate to elliptic-oblong, acute to subacute, sts mucronate; margins slightly recurved. Cymes contracted into small 4-8-fld heads on erect angled pubescent peduncles ± 2 cm. long. Fls c. 6-7 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, ± pilose; corolla-lobes coriac., ovate, silky-hairy. Capsule ± 2 cm. diam., ovoid.

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Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.

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Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District

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13 March 2002
31 July 2009
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