Bird Catching Plant
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Pisonia brunoniana
This is the only NZ representative of the sub-tropical plants that produce sticky fruits in February and March, which may capture and kill birds or lizards. Gardeners remove the seed pods to ensure the safety of wildlife.
Two Kodachrome Slides showing a close up of the Bird Catching Plant ’ Heimerliodendron brunn. Parapara. Pukekura Park 05/07/1979. G Fuller’