Paratrophis microphylla

Paratrophis microphylla, commonly known as the small-leaved milk tree, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae that is endemic to New Zealand.^[2]

Paratrophis microphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Paratrophis
Species:	P. microphylla
Binomial name
Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Cockayne (1915)
Synonyms[1]
Epicarpurus microphyllus Raoul (1844) Paratrophis heterophylla Blume (1856) Paratrophis opaca Druce (1917), nom. superfl. Streblus heterophyllus (Blume) Corner (1962) Taxotrophis microphylla (Raoul) F.Muell. (1868) Trophis opaca Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f. (1853), nom. superfl.

Description

As a juvenile plant, P. microphylla has distinctive fiddle-shaped leaves and a divaricating growth pattern.^[3] It grows in areas of lowland forest where it will grow into a tree around 12 metres (39 feet) high.

The small-leaved milk tree flowers from the middle of spring to summer, with red berries following from late spring to autumn.^[4]

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  Small-leaved milk tree seedling with its juvenile foliage
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  Foliage with berries