Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Cucurbitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Coriariaceae
Genus
Coriaria L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Coriaria kingiana Colenso, London J. Bot. 3: 20-21 (1844)
Synonymy:
  • = Coriaria thymifolia var. undulata Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 53: 368 (1921)
  • = Coriaria lurida var. undulata Allan, 20: 446 (1931)
Vernacular Name(s):
small-leaved tutu; Tutu-heuheu; Tutu-papa
 Description

Stems erect or spreading, arising from the far-creeping branched rhizomes, up to ± 4 dm. long; quadrangular, slender to rather stout; branchlets ± pubescent, slender. Lvs on petioles hardly 1 mm. long; lamina ovate to narrow-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, (10)–12–15–(20) × (3)–5–10–(13) mm., subcoriac., acute to subacuminate, rounded to truncate at base, with a pair of prominent lateral nerves; margins strongly, crisply, sinuate-undulate. Racemes axillary or terminal on branchlets, ascending to spreading, ± 5–7 cm. long; fls rather distant, on pedicels ± 4 mm. long. Sepals oblong-ovate, ± 1·5 mm. long; petals similar, slightly smaller. Carpels 5–(7).

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Fruiting: Sep.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Allan, H.H. 1931: The Significance of Hybridism in the New Zealand Flora. Rep.Aust.N.Z.Ass.Advmt Sci. 20: 429–477.
Colenso, W. 1844: Journal of a Naturalist. London Journal of Botany 3: 1–62.
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Petrie, D. 1921: Descriptions of new native flowering-plants, with a few notes. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 53: 365–371.