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Metrosideros diffusa

Botanic Family

Myrtaceae

Author

(Forster f.) Smith

Common Names

• Small Rata Vine
• White Rata

Geographical Habitats

• New Zealand

Natural Habitats

• Lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Oct-Jan

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Mar

Slender root-climbing evergreen liana or tree with axillary or terminal panicles of 9mm white to pink flowers, fruit a capsule to 4mm diameter, glabrous leaves

Further References

• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FONZ
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Kew