- Taxon
- Weed
Habitat: gravel, track
Dispersal: Seed
Recognition
- a very large evergreen tree up to 30 m high with bark peeling in strips to expose a greyish-white surface.
- its juvenile leaves are opposite for a few pairs and the adult leaves alternate, narrow, leathery, and slightly curved.
- its inflorescence is in the leaf axils and has 7-15 white flowers.
- its fruit is 0.7-1 cm long and woody.
Images
References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
