Canterbury, Hanmer Road, Near Leslie Hills road turnoff
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Hanmer Road, Near Leslie Hills road turnoff.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 71/88
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
9 Jan 1988
Start date:
1988-01-09
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Roadside bank, open site on terrace above Waiau.
Notes:
Small spreading tree 4-5 m high with several trunks. Young shoots brownish - green. Leaves dull. Fruit (unripe) to 5x5 cm, broad ovoid; green, becoming red on exposed side; top flattened. A typical wild roadside apple, fairly common but scattered. Vegetative shoots from different tree ?