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Myoporum laetum Ngaio
Myoporum laetum Ngaio (myo-closed,shut, poros pores, openings referring to the glands on the leaves.laetum -bright, vivid, attractive leaves.
A shrub or small tree reaching 10 m. Leaves bright green and glaborous 3-10cm with a flattened petiole up to 3cm. leaf with small spotted glands.
White flowers,10 mm diameter, 2-6 together on peduncles (stems) up to 15mm. long. Drupe 6-9mm pale to dark reddish purple. In exposed coastal places plant may be low-growing or prostrate.
Kermadecs, Three Kings, North Cape to about lat.46 and Chathams, where it may have been introduced .Coastal to lowland forests. A handsome and hardy coastal shrub.
If you wish to learn more about native plants I suggest one of these natural history books from fishpond
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