Cyathodes juniperina

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Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Eudicots > Asterids > Ericales >  Ericaceae > Cyathodes

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Plant  information

Common name:                Pink mountain berry  

• Common names in New Zealand include prickly heath and prickly mingimingi

• In Australia, the subspecies parvifolia (syn. Cyathodes parviflora) is known as pink mountain berry

Conservation status:  unknown

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• Native to New Zealand and the Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria

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• An example occurrence of L. juniperina is in the red and silver beech forests admixed with rimu and miro podocarps on northern South Island, New Zealand; associate understory species in this South Island forest include Blechnum discolor

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• Use

  • The plant's fruit is edible, raw or cooked

  • Plants grow best in areas with moderate winters and cool moist summers

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  • Three subspecies are recognised as follows:

    • Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller subsp. juniperina (New Zealand and Tasmania

    • Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. oxycedrus (Labill.) C.M.Weiller (Tasmania and Victoria)

    • Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. parvifolia (R.Br.) C.M.Weiller (Tasmania)