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Species of fruit and plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leptecophylla juniperina is an Australasian species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae.
Leptecophylla juniperina | |
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Leptecophylla juniperina, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Leptecophylla |
Species: | L. juniperina |
Binomial name | |
Leptecophylla juniperina | |
Synonyms | |
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Three subspecies are recognised as follows:[1]
The species is native to New Zealand and the Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria.[3] 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.[4]
The plant's fruit is edible, raw or cooked.[citation needed]
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.[5] In Australia, the subspecies parvifolia (syn. Cyathodes parviflora) is known as pink mountain berry.[6]
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