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karapapa

1. (noun) karapapa, Alseuosmia macrophylla - a shrub found in forest undergrowth from North Cape to the upper South Island that grows to about 2 m, with red-brown branches and dark green foliage. It has alternating glossy leaves with widely spaced teeth. The tubular flowers are 2.4-4 cm long and highly scented. They vary in colour from dark red to cream. Fruit is crimson.


2. (noun) oak-leaved toropapa, Alseuosmia quercifolia - a native shrub with glossy, variable lobed leaves (or sometimes long and thin) that are pale beneath and on reddish twigs. Flowers pinkish, tubular, drooping, sweet-smelling, clustered at base of leaves. Fruit small, red and fleshy.

See also toropapa

Synonyms: toropapa

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