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Matagouri associates – mingimingi

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Matagouri associates – mingimingi

Mingimingi (Coprosma propinqua) is a common associate of matagouri. With its dark, spiky stems and bushy habit, it even resembles matagouri when seen from a distance. However, mingimingi has colourful fleshy fruit while matagouri fruits are dry capsules.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Shrublands – Shrublands of dry country, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14538/matagouri-associates-mingimingi (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.