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Māhoe

Melicytus ramiflorus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 613, February 460, March 523, April 1,549, May 569, June 408, July 346, August 417, September 604, October 716, November 728, December 530.
New Zealand7,463
Wellington Region1,691
Canterbury Region1,621
Auckland Region1,333
Waikato Region527
Otago Region373
Taranaki Region282
Tasman Region267
West Coast Region233
Manawatu-Wanganui Region218

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderNances, Willows, and Allies · Malpighiales
FamilyViolet Family · Violaceae
GenusMāhoes · Melicytus

Sources

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Practise Māhoe with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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