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Fuchsia excorticata
Height: 5m;  Spread: 2m
Tree Fuchsia - Kotukutuku (Tree)
Birds love its purple flowers and fruit. Semi-deciduous. Provide cool, moist soil conditions.
Photo gallery:
Fuchsia excorticata flower from a tree on the Hinau walk in Kaikoura. Taken 25th Feb 2008.
Flower and fruit of Fuchsia excorticata
Fuchsia excorticata fruit
Fuchshia excorticata flowers on Wairaka Stream (Oakley Creek tributary), Auckland
Kotukutuku on the Routeburn Track
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