page_title: Carpodetus serratus
section_title: Ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Carpodetus serratus / Ecology
caption_attribution_description: English: Flowering Carpodetus serratus, a tree species endemic to New Zealand. At Lake Wilkie in the Catlins, New Zealand
context_page_description: Carpodetus serratus is an evergreen tree with small ovate or round, mottled leaves with a toothy margin, and young twigs grow zig-zag, and fragrant white flowers in 5 cm panicles and later black chewy berries. It is an endemic of New Zealand. Its vernacular names used in New Zealand are putaputaweta, marbleleaf and bucket-of-water-tree. It is found in broadleaf forest in both North, South and Stewart Islands. It flowers between November and March, and fruits are ripe from January to February.
context_section_description: This tree prefers moist broadleaf forest and is locally common in Nothofagus-forest. It also frequently occurs in secondary forest, forest margins and along streams. The caterpillars of the puriri moth (Aenetus virescens) feed on the cambium thus creating characteristic diamond-shaped feeding scars. The entrance of the burrow is hidden by a web spun by the caterpillar. Trees may be weakened by a high density of caterpillars, particularly if the trunks are still thin. The workers of Prolasius advenus (small brown bush ant) feed on the sap trickling from the wounds in the tree caused by the caterpillars.
caption: C. serratus at Lake Wilkie
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