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Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 56 (1776)
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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New Zealand
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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
1776
56
ICN
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
species
Melicope ternata

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ternata

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Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Glab. much-branched spreading shrub up to 6 m. tall; branchlets slender, pale yellow-green when young. Lvs opp., 3-foliolate, on petioles up to c. 5 cm. long; petiolules very short to 5 mm. long. Lamina thinly coriac., (5)-7-10 × (2)-3-4 cm., subacute to acute, obovate-cuneate to elliptic- to ovate- or obovate-oblong, entire (all forms may be on same plant). Subfloral lvs may be 2- to 1-foliolate. Infl. of often paired axillary cymes, ± trichotomously branched, on peduncles ± 2 cm. long; bracts minute, ovate; pedicels ± 5 mm. long. Fls perfect or unisexual, 8-10 mm. diam. Sepals ovate-oblong, c. 1·5 mm. long, gland-dotted; petals greenish, ovate-oblong, concavo-convex, c. 5 mm. long, gland-dotted. Ovary glab., style short, stout. Disk annular, lobulate.. Cocci ± 5 mm. long, pale brown, wrinkled and punctulose. Seed ± 5 mm. long, black, glossy.

Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

2n = 36
n = 18 bivalents
2n = 36

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Entoganum laevigatum Banks ex Gaertn.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicope ternata var. grandis Cheeseman
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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a4171259-87dd-4ff2-b158-32c7d495df8e
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 May 2025
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