Streblus heterophyllus

Streblus heterophyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Streblus
Species:	S. heterophyllus
Binomial name
	Streblus heterophyllus; (Blume) Corner
Synonyms
	Paratrophis microphylla

Streblus heterophyllus, commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae that is 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.
^ "Turepo". Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

Small-leaved milk tree seedling with its juvenile foliage

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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.

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

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