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Broadleaf foliage and flowers

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Broadleaf foliage and flowers

Pāpāumu or broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis) is common in lowland and high-country forest. It has broad, oval leaves with a lime-green hue.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Tall broadleaf trees – Trees of the high country, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13761/broadleaf-foliage-and-flowers (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.