Coprosma pilosa, also known as mountain coprosma, is a flowering plant in the coffee family. It is endemic to the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island in the south-west Pacific Ocean. It was originally described in 1833 by Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher.
Description The species grows as a shrub or small tree up to 6 m in height. It has dark green hairy leaves, small green flowers, and cone-shaped, dark bluish-purple fruits. The plants are dioecious, with wind-pollinated flowers and bird-dispersed seeds.
Distribution and habitat The trees occur in moist upland hardwood forest and pine-hardwood ridge forest, at the higher levels of the Norfolk Island National Park. The species conservation status has been assessed as Endangered.
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