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|accepted_name=Myoporum laetum
|accepted_authority=G. Forster
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Ins. Austr.,
|place=44. 1786
|year=1786
}}
|common_names=Ngaio tree
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Myoporum;Myoporum laetum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Myoporum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Myoporum laetum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 334
|treatment_page=page 336
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, broadly spreading, 30–100 dm. <b>Stems</b> ascending to prostrate, much branched; twig tips and young leaves bronze green, sticky. <b>Leaves</b>: blade bright green, lanceolate, 5–12.5 × 1.5–3 cm, margins finely serrate distal to middle, embedded glands conspicuous. <b>Flowers</b> 2–4 per axil; corolla white with purple spots on lobes and distal tube, tube 3.5–4.5 mm, lobes equal, 4–5.5 mm, densely long-hairy adaxially; anthers well exserted from tube; ovary smooth. <b>Capsules</b> pale to dark reddish purple, ovoid, 5–10 mm. <b>Seeds</b> oblong, 3–3.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 108 (New Zealand).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jan–)Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Open areas in grasslands, scrub, riparian habitats, generally coastal.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);introduced also in s South America (Argentina;Uruguay).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Myoporum laetum</i> is commonly cultivated in coastal areas of California. Although first collected outside of cultivation in 1949, it was not recognized as an introduced element of local and regional floras until the 1970s. It has naturalized mostly in southern California to San Luis Obispo County with some populations north along the coast to the San Francisco Bay area.</p><!--
--><p><i>Myoporum</i> insulare R. Brown, also cultivated in California, is similar to <i>M. laetum</i>, and some reports of <i>M. laetum</i> are possibly M. insulare. <i>Myoporum</i> insulare has leaves that are lighter green when young, and the translucent glands of the mature leaves are less conspicuous. The flowers are slightly smaller with anthers that are only slightly exserted from the tubes, and the fruits are smaller and globular.</p>
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name=Myoporum laetum
|authority=G. Forster
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jan–)Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Open areas in grasslands, scrub, riparian habitats, generally coastal.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);introduced also in s South America (Argentina;Uruguay).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Ins. Austr.,
|publication year=1786
|special status=Weedy;Introduced;Illustrated
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|genus=Myoporum
|species=Myoporum laetum
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