Biology:Weinmannia silvicola

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Short description: Species of tree


Towai, tawhero
Towai-tree.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Weinmannia
Species:
W. silvicola
Binomial name
Weinmannia silvicola
Sol. ex A.Cunn.

Weinmannia silvicola, known as towai or tawhero, is a medium-sized evergreen tree of the family Cunoniaceae native to northern New Zealand. It grows to 15 m or more, with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter. Adult leaves are toothed and leathery, with up to five pairs of leaflets. Juvenile leaves are thinner and have up to ten pairs of leaflets. Flowers are small and pink or white, occurring in 8–12 cm racemes. Fruits are 4–5 cm capsules,[1] which release many tiny seeds that are dispersed by wind.[2] Towai occurs in forest and forest margins from North Cape south to the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland.[3] A closely related tree, kamahi (W. racemosa), replaces towai south of latitude 37°S.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5242716 entry