Hedycarya arborea, commonly known as pigeonwood, porokaiwhiri, and poporokaiwhiri[1] is an endemic tree of New Zealand. Found on both the North and South islands of the country, the tree grows to a height of 15 metres. The leaves are oval shaped with shallow serrations. Ripe fruits turn red and the plant received its common name back when it was assumed that the New Zealand wood pigeon particularly favoured them, based on observations of the birds eating the fruit. It has since been discovered that the New Zealand wood pigeon does not prefer these berries, and tends to eat them as a 'famine food' when better fare is not available.[2]
^"T.E.R:R.A.I.N - Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network - Hedycarya arborea (Pigeonwood)". www.terrain.net.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
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hedycarya, arborea, commonly, known, pigeonwood, porokaiwhiri, poporokaiwhiri, endemic, tree, zealand, found, both, north, south, islands, country, tree, grows, height, metres, leaves, oval, shaped, with, shallow, serrations, ripe, fruits, turn, plant, receive. Hedycarya arborea commonly known as pigeonwood porokaiwhiri and poporokaiwhiri 1 is an endemic tree of New Zealand Found on both the North and South islands of the country the tree grows to a height of 15 metres The leaves are oval shaped with shallow serrations Ripe fruits turn red and the plant received its common name back when it was assumed that the New Zealand wood pigeon particularly favoured them based on observations of the birds eating the fruit It has since been discovered that the New Zealand wood pigeon does not prefer these berries and tends to eat them as a famine food when better fare is not available 2 Hedycarya arborea Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Magnoliids Order Laurales Family Monimiaceae Genus Hedycarya Species H arborea Binomial name Hedycarya arboreaJ R Forst amp G Forst References edit T E R R A I N Taranaki Educational Resource Research Analysis and Information Network Hedycarya arborea Pigeonwood www terrain net nz Retrieved 2018 05 07 Flowering seed plants North and South Islands Pigeonwood porokaiwhiri The University of Auckland Archived from the original on 9 October 2012 Retrieved 12 May 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hedycarya arborea amp oldid 1011944796, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,