- Source: Leptecophylla juniperina
Leptecophylla juniperina is an Australasian species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae.
Description
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognised as follows:
Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller subsp. juniperina (New Zealand and Tasmania)
Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. oxycedrus (Labill.) C.M.Weiller (Tasmania and Victoria)
Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. parvifolia (R.Br.) C.M.Weiller (Tasmania)
Distribution and habitat
The species is native to New Zealand and the Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria. Plants grow best in areas with moderate winters and cool moist summers.
An example occurrence of L. juniperina is in the red and silver beech forests admixed with rimu and miro podocarps on northern South Island, New Zealand; associate understory species in this forest include Blechnum discolor.
Uses
The plant's fruit is edible, raw or cooked.
Common names
Common names in New Zealand include prickly heath and prickly mingimingi. Māori names for this plant include hukihuki, hukihukiraho, inakapōriro, inangapōriro, kūkuku, miki, mikimiki, mingi, mingimingi ngohungohu, pā tōtara, taumingi, tūmingi. In Australia, the subspecies parvifolia (syn. Cyathodes parviflora) is known as pink mountain berry.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ericaceae
- Daftar genus tanaman dalam famili Ericaceae
- Leptecophylla juniperina
- Leptecophylla
- Leptecophylla oxycedrus
- Ericaceae
- Mingimingi
- Physetica sequens
- Kōpuahingahinga Island
- Prickly heath
- King Island emu
- List of Ericaceae genera
