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Entelea arborescens
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Entelea arborescens or whau is a species of malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand. E. arborescens is the only species in the genus Entelea. A shrub or small tree to with large lime-like leaves giving a tropical appearance, whau grows in low forest along the coast of the North Island and the northern tip of the South Island. The dry fruit capsules are very distinctly brown and covered with spines.
Species
Least ConcernWhau
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 91
- With media
- 66
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Collections
- UCSB, US, SD, CM, USF, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States, Ecuador, New Zealand, Italy, Australia
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- Whautree01.jpg
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- taxon range
- New Zealand
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- New Zealand
- taxon common name
- 浮木
- short name
- E. arborescens
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Entelea arborescens or whau is a species of malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand. E. arborescens is the only species in the genus Entelea. A shrub or small tree to with large lime-like leaves giving a tropical appearance, whau grows in low forest along the coast of the North Island and the northern tip of the South Island. The dry fruit capsules are very distinctly brown and covered with spines.
==Description== thumb|left|1889 botanical illustration by Sarah Featon
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