Flora of New Zealand Series

Ti koraha; ti papa; ti rauriki.

Original locality: "Northern parts of the northern Island". Type: K.

Plant rarely > 2 m. tall, often flowering while short stem is lfy to ground; in older plants bare part of stem to 100 × 1.5 cm. and us. not very stiffly erect. Lvs 30–60–(100) × 1–2 cm., ± narrowed above base into channelled petiole; midrib prominent abaxially, at least proximally; margin slightly recurved. Peduncle to c. 10 cm. × 3–4 mm.; panicle to c. 60 × 30 cm. overall, very open with slender axes, branched to second order; bracts often small and inconspicuous; ultimate racemes 5–30 cm. long, axis clearly visible between fls. Fls small, widely spaced, on very short pedicels. Per. c. 4–5 mm. long, whitish, or pink externally; tepals narrow, recurved, 3-nerved. Stigma shortly trifid. Fr. c. 4–5 mm. diam., globose, bluish or flecked with blue. Seeds c. 2–2.5 mm. long, shining, two sides flat and one convex. 2n = 38.

DIST.: N., north of c. lat. 38º.

Under light forest and scrub.

FL. 12–1. FT. 3–4.