Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malpighiales Martius
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Baloghia Endl.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Baloghia inophylla (G.Forst.) P.S.Green, Kew Bull. 41: 1026 (1986)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Croton inophyllus G.Forst.
  • = Baloghia lucida Endl. (1833)
Vernacular Name(s):
brush bloodwood
 Description

Glabrous monoecious tree; sap dark red. Twigs rounded, smooth. Lvs opposite, elliptic to obovate, cuneate at base, obtuse and broadly mucronate, entire, 5–14–(20) cm long; petioles much < blade; stipules soon deciduous. Racemes usually unisexual; bracts soon deciduous; fls white; stamens numerous. Fr. rough, ridged on keels and between cells, shortly beaked, c. 15–20 mm diam. Seeds smooth, ovoid-oblong, c. 10 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Green, P.S. 1986: New combinations in Baloghia and Codiaeum (Euphorbiaceae). Kew Bulletin 41(4): 1026–1026.