Story: Tall broadleaf trees

Kāmahi leaves and fruit

Kāmahi leaves and fruit

Kāmahi (Weinmannia racemosa) is the main broadleaf tree in high-altitude forests. In late summer it develops an attractive reddish hue from the many fruit spikes above its leaf tips. These leaves are from an adult tree.

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Maggy Wassilieff, 'Tall broadleaf trees - Trees of the high country', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/13759/kamahi-leaves-and-fruit (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 24 Sep 2007