Wineberry (New Zealand)

Wineberry (New Zealand)

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = Wineberry/Makomako
status =

secure
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Oxalidales
familia = Elaeocarpaceae
genus = "Aristotelia"
species = "A. serrata"
binomial = "Aristotelia serrata"
binomial_authority = Oliv.

Wineberry ("Aristotelia serrata") is a tree endemic to New Zealand.

The tree, called makomako in Maori, is common throughout New Zealand. It can be classified as a shrub or small tree and can grow to 9m (30 ft). Its leaves are broad, rose-coloured leaves and grow between 5-12cm (2-5 in) long with a long petiole. Flowers on the tree are of a red-white colour. The tree produces black berries between 6-9mm (0.2-0.4 in). Wineberry is an attractive tree, with pinkish foliage and rose coloured flowers in spring. It grows forest margins and damp river edges. Wineberry is a dioecious tree or shrub with male and female individuals.

External links

* [http://www.bushmansfriend.co.nz/xurl/PageID/9165/ArticleID/-31969/function/moreinfo/content.html Information on wineberry]


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