Coprosma robusta
Raoul KaramuLarge shrub to small tree 3–6 m high; branches stout, glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic or broad-ovate, mostly 50–120 mm long and 30–50 mm wide, leathery, discolorous, acute or shortly acuminate, glabrous, upper surface dull, domatia present on lower surface, margins c. flat and thickened; petiole 10–20 mm long; stipules triangular, united at base, acuminate, toothed. Flowers subsessile, unisexual, in axillary clusters. Male flowers in dense, many-flowered clusters; calyx with 4 minute teeth; corolla campanulate, 4–5 mm long, lobes shorter than tube. Female flowers in compound clusters; calyx minute, truncate; corolla tubular, 4–5 mm long, lobes shorter than tube; style usually 2-branched. Drupe c. ovoid, 4–5 mm wide, dark orange-red. Flowers spring and summer
GleP, VVP, GipP, HSF, VAlp. Also naturalised Tas. Native to New Zealand. Coprosma robusta is naturalised in moist forests, damp gullies, and riparian habitats in the Dandenong Range, on the Mornington Peninsula and near Portland. It is a serious environmental weed in parts of the Mornington Peninsula (e.g. Flinders).
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Rubiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 616–642. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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