Myoporum tenuifolium
Myoporum tenuifolium is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and it is endemic to New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. It can be distinguished from Myoporum crassifolium, by its very thin leaves and its glabrous flowers.
Description
Myoporum tenuifolium is an erect shrub usually growing to a height of with flattened branches. Its leaves are arranged alternately, usually long and wide on a petiole long. They are unusually thin and membranous, elliptic in shape and have a distinct mid-vein on the lower surface.The flowers are borne in leaf axils singly or in groups of up to four on a flattened pedicel long. The flowers have five triangular sepals and five petals joined at their bases to form a bell-shaped tube. The petals are white and the tube is long with the lobes slightly shorter than the tube. The tube and its lobes are glabrous and there are four stamens that extend slightly beyond it. The fruit is a reddish to brown, oval drupe long.