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Rubus australis

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

G. Forster

Common Names

• Tataramoa
• Bush Lawyer
• Swamp Lawyer
• Lawyer Vine

Geographical Habitats

• New Zealand

Natural Habitats

• Lowland to montane forest

Flowering Times

• Sep-Nov Aug-Jan

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Feb Oct-Mar

Prickly scrambling liane or shrub with fragrant 12mm white, reddish or yellowish flowers in racemes & 9mm diameter reddish-orange fruit, glabrous stems, recurved thorns, pinnate ternate leaves, glabrous coriaceous leaflets, dioecious racemes

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FONZ
• APDC
• Botanicus