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Macropiper excelsum subsp. psittacorum
Height: 2m;  Spread: 1m
Glossy Kawakawa (Shrub)
Glossy-green heart shaped leaves used medicinally. Off-Shore Island form.
» Click here for our Macropiper excelsum article published in the Titirangi Tatler, September 2010...
» Click here for our Moths and Butterflies article published in the Fringe, February 2013 ...
Photo gallery:
The male flower spikes were prominent on this plant, photographed 15.08.10.
On 6.09.09 many of the male flower spikes were releasing pollen.
Here the 2 subspecies of Macropiper excelsum are growing together, psittacorum to the left and excelsum to the right showing clearly how much darker and glossier the psittacorum is compared with its close relative.
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