Vitex lucens - Wikipedia
Vitex lucens, or pūriri, is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand. History. Pūriri was first collected (by Europeans) at Tolaga Bay by Banks and Solander during Cook's first visit in 1769.
Lerps - One of nature's sweet offerings - Land for Wildlife
Lerps are basically pure starch with some proteins and fats. They are white in colour, about 5mm in size and look like round, pointy hats. They are created by psyllids. Psyllids are tiny sap-sucking insects.
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 - 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.
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.
Indigenous Use of Lerps in Australia: So Much More Than a
2020年9月24日 · Lerps feature in Aboriginal calendars, ceremonies, mythology, and cosmology, all of which have embedded biocultural knowledge about the time and place for optimal collection. These insects are central to Indigenous cultures, yet Western science knows surprisingly little about their taxonomy, biology, and ecology.
Indigenous Use of Lerps in Australia: So Much More than a Sweet …
2023年5月4日 · Lerps feature in Aboriginal calendars, ceremonies, mythology, and cosmology, all of which have embedded biocultural knowledge about the time and place for optimal collection. These insects are central to Indigenous cultures, yet Western science knows surprisingly little about their taxonomy, biology, and ecology.
Pūriri – Vitex lucens - The Meaning of Trees
2013年6月26日 · Pūriri is one of the most commonly used trees in restoration planting as it produces flowers and fruit all year round. It is a key supplier of food to the Kererū, a very important species that is the principal seed disperser for …
Princely puriri - New Zealand Geographic
The puriri is a handsome tree, up to 20m in height, with a rounded canopy of dark green glossy leaves atop an often irregular massive light grey or beige trunk. The leaves consist of three or five shiny, leathery leaflets, borne on a long stalk.
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.