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Rhaphiolepis indica

Cultivated, Taupo Quay, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 22/09/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Cultivated; leaves with crenate margins, leaf tips semi-acute; Taupo Quay, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 22/09/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Cultivated; emerging and mature leaves ; Taupo Quay, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 22/09/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Indian hawthorn

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Simplified description

Erect evergreen shrub; leaves coriaceous, crenate margins, semi-acute leaf tips

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Similar taxa

Compared with R. umbellata, R. indica has somewhat thinner leaves with acute tips (not rounded), and obvious crenations around most of the margins rather than the entire or obscurely toothed leaves of R. umbellata.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Rhaphiolepis

Family

Rosaceae

Authority

Rhaphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. ex Ker Gawl.

Endemic family

Ecology

Flowering

Sept-Oct (NZ)

Year naturalised

2006

Origin

southern China, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam (Wikipedia)

Reason for introduction

Ornamental and hedging

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