Coprosma virescens is an endemic New Zealand plant in the genus Coprosma of the family Rubiaceae. Its Māori name (in common New Zealand usage) is mikimiki, a name which is also applied to closely related species such as C. dumosa, C. rhamnoides, C. propinqua and C. crassifolia. It is a small-leaved evergreen shrub or tree which grows 2–3 metres (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) high. It has very slender, more or less glabrous divaricating branches. The small leaves are petiolate with petioles from 2–5 millimetres (0.079–0.197 in) long.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mikimiki being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Coprosma rigida
- Coprosma crassifolia
- Pittosporum obcordatum
- Coprosma rhamnoides
- Myrsine divaricata
- Olearia gardneri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Coprosma
- Species
- Coprosma virescens
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