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Entelea arborescens

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Entelea arborescens

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Also known as whau

Entelea arborescens or whau is a species of malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand. E. arborescens is the only species in the genus Entelea. A shrub or small tree to with large lime-like leaves giving a tropical appearance, whau grows in low forest along the coast of the North Island and the northern tip of the South Island. The dry fruit capsules are very distinctly brown and covered with spines.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Entelea arborescens is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Wikidata, Ecuador and plant.

It is catalogued under topics including Endemic flora of New Zealand, Grewioideae and Monotypic Malvaceae genera.

Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

Whau

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalvales
  5. FamilyMalvaceae
Native toNew Zealand North, New Zealand South
Observations2,010
Observations recorded2,040

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
91
With media
66
Family
Malvaceae
Collections
UCSB, US, SD, CM, USF, MEL
Recorded in
United States, Ecuador, New Zealand, Italy, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Whautree01.jpg
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Commons category
Entelea arborescens
taxon name
Entelea arborescens
taxon rank
species
Commons gallery
Entelea arborescens
taxon range
New Zealand
endemic to
New Zealand
taxon common name
浮木
short name
E. arborescens
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Etymology
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Ecology
  • Māori cultural importance
  • Cultivation
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Entelea arborescens or whau is a species of malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand. E. arborescens is the only species in the genus Entelea. A shrub or small tree to with large lime-like leaves giving a tropical appearance, whau grows in low forest along the coast of the North Island and the northern tip of the South Island. The dry fruit capsules are very distinctly brown and covered with spines.

==Description== thumb|left|1889 botanical illustration by Sarah Featon

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Entelea arborescens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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