Paratrophis microphylla

Paratrophis microphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Tribe:	Moreae
Genus:	Streblus
Species:	S. heterophyllus
Binomial name
	Streblus heterophyllus;
Synonyms
	Paratrophis microphylla

Streblus heterophyllus, commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae that it endemic to New Zealand.

As a juvenile plant S. heterophyllus has distinctive fiddle shaped leaves and a divaricating growth pattern.^[1] It grows in areas of lowland forest where it will grow into a tree around 12 metres high.

The small-leaved milk tree flowers from the middle of spring to summer, with red berries following from late spring to autumn.^[2]

References

^ G. Marie Bulmer (1958). "A key to the divaricating shrubs of New Zealand". Department of Botany, Victoria University of Wellington. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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[1] G. Marie Bulmer (1958). "A key to the divaricating shrubs of New Zealand". Department of Botany, Victoria University of Wellington. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[Tiritiri-2] "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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