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Puka foliage

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Puka foliage

Puka’s leaves are uneven at the base – an easy way to distinguish them from those of broadleaf.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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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/13763/puka-foliage (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.