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Parsonsia capsularis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Forster f.) R. Brown

Common Names

• Kaiwhiria

Geographical Habitats

• New Zealand

Natural Habitats

• Coastal to montane forest margins & shrubland

Flowering Times

• Sep-Feb (New Zealand)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Apr (New Zaealand)

Slender liane or twining shrub with terminal & axillary cymes of fragrant 84mm white or yellow to dark red flowers, fruit follicles 150mm long, glabrous leaves

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FONZ
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Kew