Kermadec Islands, Raoul Island, Denham Bay, west of swamp
Verbatim locality:
Kermadec Islands, Raoul Island, Denham Bay, west of swamp.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 1783/K
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
22-NOV-1994
Start date:
1994-11-22
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
In open fern where Mysore thorn recently killed.
Notes:
Small tree c.10m high, very spiny; on trunk and main branches as well as vegetative shoots. Shoots very flattened and ridged. Leaves orange-scented, deep glossy green above, pale green beneath. Fruit pendulous, 7.5-8x6-7cm, flattened, globose; skin orange (bright); flesh orange, sweet. Cultivation relic. .