Corokia cotoneaster Raoul

Spøgelsestræ (Corokia cotoneaster) er en blomstrende busk eller lille træ fra New Zealand^[1] i familien Argophyllaceae. Væksten er spredt og rigt forgrenet med en normal højde på ca. 3 m som fuldt udvokset. Barken er meget mørk, mens bladene varierer en del med højden som den vokser i og vindforholdene. Blomsterne er klart gule, og den blomstrer i december og januar.^[2]

Spøgelsestræ forhandles i Danmark almindeligt på planteskoler og af og til i supermarkeder, og har i perioder været uhyre populært.^[3]

Spøgelsestræ i potte fra dansk planteskole

Spøgelsestræ er relativt hårdfør, og findes på både Syd- og Nordøerne i New Zealand, hvor den ofte koloniserer tør, stenet jord. Lokalt bruger det til at stabilisere klitter. Det blev introduceret i Europa (i Storbritannien) allerede i 1875.^[4]

Kilder

1. ^ http://sonomaseven.dk/the-ghost-tree/
2. ^ Allen H. H (1982). Flora of New Zealand. 1. P D Hasselbery. s. 981.
3. ^ https://have-siden.dk/spogelsestrae-corokia-cotoneaster/
4. ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3326226/How-to-grow-Wire-netting-bush.html

Portal:Botanik

Corokia cotoneaster is a flowering plant in the family Argophyllaceae was described by Étienne Fiacre Louis Raoul in 1846. This plant is commonly known as the wire-netting bush, korokio, or korokia-tarango. The word "Koriko" comes from the Māori language.

Identifications

Corokia cotoneaster is a highly branched shrub with a strongly divaricating habit with rough dark-coloured bark, usually growing to about 3 m in height. Common variable shrubs with thin gray zig-zag twigs that contain small white clusters underneath with dented or rounded edges and on flat, black petioles. Yellow flowers, star-shaped and red fruits. The leaves are variable, depending on altitude and to the degree of exposure to wind, and are obvo-cuneate to obovate-oblong, 2–15 cm long and 1–10 cm wide. The leaves of juveniles are long and spathulate with 3 lobes. Flowers are borne in leaf axils or terminally in groups of 2 to 4 flowers with bright yellow petals. The main flowering season is December to January.^[1]

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References

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