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Toro

Myrsine salicina

Toro
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Myrsine salicina, synonym Rapanea salicina, commonly known as toro, is a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand.

Where it grows

This species is found on both the North and South Islands from the North Cape to southern Westland. Its preferred habitat is lowland to montane forest.

Other Myrsine plants

Myrsine adamsonii · African Boxwood · Myrsine andersonii · Mapou · Myrsine brownii · Myrsine bullata · Myrsine ceylanica · Cook Islands Myrsine · Myrsine collina · Leathery colicwood · Summit colicwood · Myrsine diazii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrsine salicina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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