| Coriaria arborea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Coriariaceae |
| Genus: | Coriaria |
| Species: | C. arborea
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| Binomial name | |
| Coriaria arborea | |
Coriaria arborea is a highly poisonous and common native shrub or small tree of New Zealand. The common name for plants of this genus is Tutu.[1]
Coriaria arborea is found in scrub and open areas from the coast to the hills across the country. A straggling plant, it can grow to 20 feet (6.1 m) high. The leaves grow opposite on slender stems while flowers are arranged in drooping racemes.[2] C. arborea is capable of nitrogen fixation.[3]
- ^ Te Papa (Museum); Lehnebach, Carlos, eds. (2023). Flora: celebrating our botanical world. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-9911509-1-2. OCLC 1409457791.
- ^ "Tutu (Coriaria arborea)". Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ Stevenson, Greta (1958-11-29). "Nitrogen Fixation by Non-nodulated Plants, and by Nodulated Coriaria arborea". Nature. 182 (4648): 1523–1524. Bibcode:1958Natur.182.1523S. doi:10.1038/1821523b0. PMID 13613329. S2CID 4146694.