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14-455: Makomako may refer to: Aristotelia serrata ("wineberry"), a tree endemic to New Zealand New Zealand bellbird , a bird endemic to New Zealand A minor settlement and stream near Aotea Harbour , in the Waikato region of New Zealand Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

28-464: A colourful display. Wineberry has male and female flowers on different plants, with some bisexual flowers among the males. Female flowers are borne in large panicles, on short shoots just above leaves or old leaf scars, on 2 year old wood of the upper leafy branchlets. The fruit is a berry that is 4-5mm in diameter, black, containing 8 angular seeds. With 4 locules and axile placentation. They are red through dark red to almost black. The wineberry

42-550: A glandular disc. Flower has 6–10 cm long, on slender pubescent pedicels with around 5-10mm long. Flowers have 4 ovate sepals around 3 mm long; 4 petals, 3-lobed, often deeply, 9mm long. Stamens occur on glandular disk, minutely pubescent. Ovary 3-4 celled, styles 3-4. The flowers are very numerous, in much-branched clusters. They have petals with rounded, incised lobes at the ends and look like small versions of Elaeocarpus flowers. They are almost colourless when they open; then they change to pink, red, and dark red, providing

56-414: A pair of small, narrow stipules , sometimes a few teeth, at its base. In the axils of the leafstalks are pointed buds, which can grow out into leafy shots or inflorescences. Flowers occur in an inflorescence of numerous cymes, flowers of all shades intermixed, coloured in cream through pink to dark red. Flowers has 4 to 6 mm diam; petals 3-lobed; stigma with 3-4 lobes; stamens numerous, arising from

70-1062: A reddish-brown colour when pubescent. First described by botanists Georg and Johann Foster in 1776 as Dicera serrata , Walter Oliver gave its current binomial name in 1921. Wineberry grows in association with many plants and provides a key food source for the Kererū . Flowering occurs in the spring, with berries ripening in summer. Aristotelia serrata leaves have distinguishable traits. Leaves are thin, deeply and sharply serrated, light or dark green on adaxial surface, often pinkish green on abaxial surface, veins distinct on both surfaces, size between 5-12 x 4–8 cm. The leaves, are disposed in opposite or subopposite pairs. They have drawn-out, pointed tips and prominent veins forming an obvious net-like vein pattern on both sides. The margins are strikingly toothed, with larger, narrowly pointed, irregular, jagged teeth bearing smaller teeth. Some trees have red-purple twigs and leaf undersides; others are just green. The leaves have long stalks, and each leaf stalk has

84-417: A thick sweet drink. Wineberry can be used in a variety of way to create dyes: the plant contains tannins , and the bark can provide a blue-black dye. European settlers burnt the shoots of the wineberry, changing the wood to charcoal for the production of gunpowder. Locule In angiosperms ( flowering plants ), the term locule usually refers to a chamber within an ovary ( gynoecium or carpel ) of

98-471: Is found throughout the South Island of New Zealand and lower North Island. It is common in moist forest and scrub land within the lowland, montane, and subalpine climates. Wineberry can also be found on Stewart Island . Taking advantage of ecological disturbances such as natural tree falls A. serrata is plentiful in regenerating forest and damp river margins. Forest clearings which are followed by

112-566: The Māori language makomako or just mako , is a small tree in the family Elaeocarpaceae , in the genus Aristotelia , found in the North Island , South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand. It is a small deciduous fast-growing tree or shrub. The tree can reach up to 10m tall, with a trunk diameter up to 30 cm. The bark is pale brown, smooth and patterned with flat lenticels. Branches are long, slender and spreading, branchlets have

126-459: The flower and fruits . Depending on the number of locules in the ovary, fruits can be classified as unilocular (uni-locular), bilocular , trilocular , or multilocular . The number of locules present in a gynoecium may be equal to or less than the number of carpels. The locules contain the ovules or seeds . The term may also refer to chambers within anthers containing pollen . In ascomycetous fungi, locules are chambers within

140-551: The colonisation of wineberry are often due to land slip, storm damage, natural tree fall, forest clearings, and forest fire. Wineberry is a quick growing deciduous tree. Gradually losing leaves during the winter it may become fully bare prior to new leaves and flower development in spring. The berries then ripen in the summer. As the flowers of the Wineberry mature they turn from white to red, there are both female and male flowers on different plants with some bisexual flowers among

154-641: The fruit of wineberry. In order to conserve kererū populations it is suggested by the Department of Conservation that wineberry be planted as a food source. The berries of the wineberry are not the only parts eaten: kawakawa looper ( Cleora scriptaria ) larvae can be found feeding on its leaves. Aristotelia serrata has a multitude of uses by both European settlers and Māori . Māori used makomako medicinally by boiling its leaves as an application to burns and infected wounds. The berries serve as food and are often eaten by children, and can be squeezed to make

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168-488: The males. It form thickets after the felling of forest. Wineberry acts as a host to numerous associated plant species and is fed on by native birds and insects. Associated plants include a range of mosses to herbaceous plants such as Orthotrichum cyathiforme , Orthotrichum calvum , Macroacoma tenue , Leptophyllopsis laxa , and Lleostylus micranthus . The berries of A. serrata are susceptible to frugivory by both birds and mammals. Kererū are known to feed on

182-514: The title Makomako . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Makomako&oldid=932976962 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Aristotelia serrata Aristotelia serrata , commonly known as wineberry or in

196-406: Was first described by Georg and Johann Foster in their 1776 Characteres Generum Plantarum as Dicera serrata. It was given its current binomial name Aristotelia serrata by Walter Oliver in a 1921 article, who argued it was the name used to describe it most. Aristotelia is after Aristotle and the specific epithet serrata is latin for saw-toothed. Endemic to New Zealand, wineberry

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