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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Nothofagus fusca''<br /> | image = NothofagusFusca.jpg<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Fagales]]<br /> | familia = [[Nothofagaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Nothofagus]]''<br /> | species = '''''N. fusca'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Nothofagus fusca''<br /> | binomial_authority = ([[Joseph Dalton Hooker|Hook.f.]]) [[Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist)|Oerst.]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''''Nothofagus fusca''''' (New Zealand Red Beech) is a species of ''[[Nothofagus]]'', [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]], where it occurs on both [[North Island]] and [[South Island]].<br /> <br /> It is a medium-sized [[evergreen]] [[tree]] growing to 35 [[metre|m]] tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternately arranged, broad ovoid, 2 to 4 cm long and 1.5 to 3 cm broad, the margin distinctively double-toothed with each lobe bearing two teeth. The [[fruit]] is a small [[cupule]] containing three seeds.<br /> <br /> ===Uses===<br /> It is the only known plant source, apart from [[Rooibos]] (''Aspalathus linearis''), of the [[carbon|C]]-linked dihydro[[chalcone]] [[glycoside]] Nothofagin &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal<br /> | author = Hillis W, Inoue T<br /> | title = The polyphenols of &lt;i&gt;Nothofagus&lt;/i&gt; species - II. The heartwood of &lt;i&gt;Nothofagus fusca&lt;/i&gt;<br /> | journal = Phytochemistry <br /> | quotes = no<br /> | volume = 6<br /> | pages = 59-67<br /> | year = 1967}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal<br /> | author = Bramati L &lt;i&gt;et al&lt;/i&gt;<br /> | title = Quantitative Characterization of Flavonoid Compounds in Rooibos Tea (&lt;i&gt;Aspalathus Linearis&lt;/i&gt;) by LC-UV/DAD<br /> | journal = Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry<br /> | quotes = no<br /> | volume = 50<br /> | pages = 5513-5519<br /> | publisher = Elsevier<br /> | year = 2002}}&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> It is also grown as an [[ornamental tree]] in regions with a mild [[oceanic climate]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://cber.bio.waikato.ac.nz/courses/226/Fagaceae/Fagaceae.html University of Waikato: ''Nothofagus'']<br /> * [http://www.fore.canterbury.ac.nz/species/nfusca.htm New Zealand School of Forestry: ''Nothofagus fusca'' photo]<br /> <br /> {{tree-stub}}<br /> [[Category:Nothofagaceae]]<br /> [[Category:Trees of New Zealand]]</div>

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