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Mingimingi

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Mingimingi is a Māori word meaning "twisted" or similar. The name is used to describe at least three different New Zealand species of plants:

  • Coprosma propinqua (Mingimingi), a widespread small leaved shrub.
  • Leucopogon fasciculatus (Tall mingimingi), a forest shrub.
  • Leptecophylla juniperina (Prickly mingimingi, formerly Cyathodes juniperina), a low spreading shrub.
  • The three species are not closely related and are quite different in appearance, but all three produce small edible berries with a similar sweet but somewhat bland flavour, and are among the more common New Zealand native shrubs with edible fruit.

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    Mingimingi Wikipedia