Puriri - Tāne’s Tree Trust
Puriri is a coastal and lowland tree, found from the far north to about latitude 39° 30’ – Opunaki on the west coast and Mahia Peninsula on the east. It is common on volcanic and similar soils and more scattered elsewhere. Puriri is the only member of the genus Vitex in New Zealand.
Vitex lucens - Wikipedia
The pūriri moth (or ghost moth) Aenetus virescens is New Zealand's largest and quite spectacular moth, with a potential wing span up to 15 cm. Its 10 cm long larvae, though not restricted to pūriri, often makes its home in the tree by excavating long "7"-shaped burrows .
Princely puriri - New Zealand Geographic
With their deep green foliage and regal grey trunks, puriri are indeed princes among Northland’s trees. Anave of silver-grey pillars, gnarled and imposing, rises heavenward. Ferns and perching grasses festoon the massive lower branches, while stout roots clasping the trunk reveal the presence of other, even larger tenants higher in the canopy.
Vitex lucens - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
El puriri (Vitex lucens) es una especie fanerógama de árbol perennifolio endémico de Nueva Zelanda. El género Vitex, antiguamente asignado a la familia Verbenaceae, ha sido reasignado a la familia Lamiaceae.
Vitex lucens - New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
Puriri prefers a rich, deep, fertile soil but is surprisingly tolerant of a range of conditions including drought (once established). This is a spectacular specimen tree that deserves to be more widely cultivated than it is.
Puriri — NZ Forests
Puriri is also known as New Zealand mahogany, teak,oak or walnut. It is found in the northern North Island, from sea-level to 800 m above sea-level and tends to grow best on fertile or volcanic soils. Puriri grow up to 20 metres high, with a trunk up to 1.5 metres in diameter, sometimes thicker, and a broad spreading crown.
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Glossy ribbed leaves, spreading crown and colourful flowers make the pūriri a distinctive and attractive tree. The large colourful flowers look like a snapdragon in pink to red hues, and their tubular shape and abundant nectar make them attractive to nectar-loving birds. Pūriri trees can grow straight or gnarled.
Vitex lucens - puriri - University of Auckland
Vitex lucens is a large tree with a massive, often irregular, trunk and spreading branches. The distinctive leaves are a bright dark green with 3-5 leaflets arising from a central point. Leaflets have a wavy margin and an uneven, three dimensional surface with recessed veins.
Puriri is a key element in many residual areas of hill slope forest such as along the south-eastern edge of the Kaipara Harbour but only in mature stands. Even advanced regenerating forest generally lacks puriri. The most extensive stands of puriri were seen in the Waimate North - Ohaeawai - Puketona area south of the Waitangi River.
Vitex lucens - Wikiwand
El puriri (Vitex lucens) es una especie fanerógama de árbol perennifolio endémico de Nueva Zelanda. El género Vitex, antiguamente asignado a la familia Verbenaceae, ha sido reasignado a la familia Lamiaceae.