Coprosma crassifolia
Coprosma crassifolia, commonly known as Mingimingi, is an erect forest shrub with red-brown branchlets that is endemic to New Zealand.
Description
Mingimingi is a much branched shrub often 1-2 metres and up to 4 metres high with green flowers from September to October. It fruits from November to June with translucent berries that holds white seed, which is attractive to skinks and birds. The leaves are 6-10 mm long by 5 mm wide tapering at the base. It has opposite paired leaves that are small roundish, stiff and remotely spaced leaves and that are glossy dark green on top and whitish underneath. Both are distinguishing featuresTaxonomy and etymology
C crassifolia was described by Colenso in 1846.Coprosma is from the Greek kopros and osme meaning dung smell. Crassifolia is from the Latin, meaning thick leaf.