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Kōrero: Evolution of plants and animals

Tree fuchsia

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Tree fuchsia

The tree fuchsia or kotukutuku (Fuchsia excorticata) is the largest fuchsia in the world and one of a handful of deciduous native trees. Most New Zealand trees are evergreen. They have evolved to live in a climate that is neither strongly seasonal nor extreme.

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by G. R. Roberts

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Matt McGlone, Evolution of plants and animals – Plants in a mild climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12443/tree-fuchsia (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Matt McGlone, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.