Lophomyrtus obcordata
(Rōhutu)

Lophomyrtus obcordata
(Rōhutu)

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Details:

Foliage Colour: Green
Growth Rate: Slow
Mature Height: 4 m
Mature Width: 2 m
Site Condition: Exposed, Heavy Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Drainage: Dry, Moist
Category: Shrub
Features: Suitable for hedging or shelter. Attractive to birds, insects and bees. Flower colour: White. Fruit colour: Red. Native. Suitable restoration species.

Lophomyrtus obcordata is a bushy shrub with a corded smooth trunk under flakes of bark bearing small thick heart-shaped leaves.

Habitat: Occasionally dominant in alluvial forest remnants of the eastern South Island.

Flowering: Summer [November - March]
Fruiting:    Autumn [January - May]

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