''Paratrophis microphylla'', commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of
plant in the family
Moraceae that is endemic to
New Zealand.
Description
As a juvenile plant, ''P. microphylla'' has distinctive
fiddle
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-shaped
leaves
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and a divaricating growth pattern.
It grows in areas of
lowland forest where it will grow into a tree around high.
The small-leaved milk tree flowers from the middle of spring to summer, with red berries following from late spring to autumn.
References
Moraceae
Endemic flora of New Zealand
Divaricating plants
Plants described in 1844
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