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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Nothofagus fusca''
| image = NothofagusFusca.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Nothofagaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Nothofagus]]''
| species = '''''N. fusca'''''
| binomial = ''Nothofagus fusca''
| binomial_authority = ([[Joseph Dalton Hooker|Hook.f.]]) [[Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist)|Oerst.]]
}}
'''''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]].
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.
===Uses===
It is the only known plant source, apart from [[Rooibos]] (''Aspalathus linearis''), of the [[carbon|C]]-linked dihydro[[chalcone]] [[glycoside]] Nothofagin <ref>{{cite journal
| author = Hillis W, Inoue T
| title = The polyphenols of <i>Nothofagus</i> species - II. The heartwood of <i>Nothofagus fusca</i>
| journal = Phytochemistry
| quotes = no
| volume = 6
| pages = 59-67
| year = 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
| author = Bramati L <i>et al</i>
| title = Quantitative Characterization of Flavonoid Compounds in Rooibos Tea (<i>Aspalathus Linearis</i>) by LC-UV/DAD
| journal = Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
| quotes = no
| volume = 50
| pages = 5513-5519
| publisher = Elsevier
| year = 2002}}</ref>.
It is also grown as an [[ornamental tree]] in regions with a mild [[oceanic climate]].
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://cber.bio.waikato.ac.nz/courses/226/Fagaceae/Fagaceae.html University of Waikato: ''Nothofagus'']
* [http://www.fore.canterbury.ac.nz/species/nfusca.htm New Zealand School of Forestry: ''Nothofagus fusca'' photo]
{{tree-stub}}
[[Category:Nothofagaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of New Zealand]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Nothofagus fusca''
| image = NothofagusFusca.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Nothofagaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Nothofagus]]''
| species = '''''N. fusca'''''
| binomial = ''Nothofagus fusca''
| binomial_authority = ([[Joseph Dalton Hooker|Hook.f.]]) [[Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist)|Oerst.]]
}}
'''''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]].
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.
===Uses===
It is the only known plant source, apart from [[Rooibos]] (''Aspalathus linearis''), of the [[carbon|C]]-linked dihydro[[chalcone]] [[glycoside]] Nothofagin <ref>{{cite journal
| author = Hillis W, Inoue T
| title = The polyphenols of <i>Nothofagus</i> species - II. The heartwood of <i>Nothofagus fusca</i>
| journal = Phytochemistry
| quotes = no
| volume = 6
| pages = 59-67
| year = 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
| author = Bramati L <i>et al</i>
| title = Quantitative Characterization of Flavonoid Compounds in Rooibos Tea (<i>Aspalathus Linearis</i>) by LC-UV/DAD
| journal = Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
| quotes = no
| volume = 50
| pages = 5513-5519
| publisher = Elsevier
| year = 2002}}</ref>.
It is also grown as an [[ornamental tree]] in regions with a mild [[oceanic climate]].
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://cber.bio.waikato.ac.nz/courses/226/Fagaceae/Fagaceae.html University of Waikato: ''Nothofagus'']
* [http://www.fore.canterbury.ac.nz/species/nfusca.htm New Zealand School of Forestry: ''Nothofagus fusca'' photo]
{{tree-stub}}
[[Category:Nothofagaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of New Zealand]]
