Discaria toumatou

Discaria toumatou
A matagouri on Leith Hill, Canterbury

Declining (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Discaria
Species:
D. toumatou
Binomial name
Discaria toumatou
Synonyms
  • Discaria australis var. apetala Hook.f.
  • Notophaena toumatou Miers

Discaria toumatou, commonly called matagouri, tūmatakuru, or wild Irishman, is a tangle-branched thorny shrub endemic to New Zealand. It is common throughout the South Island and is less common in the North Island.

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