Coprosma autumnalis

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| genus = Coprosma

| species = autumnalis

| authority = Colenso

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Coprosma autumnalis or C. grandifolia according to earlier Colenso authority, (In Māori: kanono, raurēkau or kawariki){{Cite book |last=Chitham |first=Karl |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1118996645 |title=Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania |publisher=Te Papa Press |others=Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano |year=2019 |isbn=978-0-9941362-7-5 |location=Wellington, New Zealand |pages=15 |oclc=1118996645}} is a native forest shrub of New Zealand. Its widespread in both the North Island and in the northern South Island,{{cite book |last1=Stewart |first1=Ken |title=Collins handguide to the native trees of New Zealand |date=1993 |publisher=Collins New Zealand |location=Auckland |isbn=1869500504 |page=24 |edition=Reprinted}} and has the largest leaves of any New Zealand coprosma. The name kawariki was applied after its leaves resembling those of the tropical Terminalia catappa which was once planted as shade for noble chiefs (ariki).{{cite web|first=R. A. |last=Benton |title=Proto-Polynesian Etymologies: *Kaualiki |date=2024 |website=Te Māra Reo |publisher=Benton Family Trust |url=https://www.temarareo.org/PPN-Kaualiki.html}}

Kanono is found in wet and shaded forest areas where it can grow to 6 metres high, with a slender trunk and stout branches. Leaves grow up to 15 cm long with 2 cm or longer stalks.{{cite book |last1=Stewart |first1=Ken |title=Collins handguide to the native trees of New Zealand |date=1993 |publisher=Collins New Zealand |location=Auckland |isbn=1869500504 |page=24 |edition=Reprinted}}

Kanono produces ripe orange fruit between February and May, then flowers around April.{{cite web|title=Coprosma grandifolia - kanono/raurekau|url=http://www.forestflora.co.nz/Plant%20profiles/Coprosma%20grandifolia.htm|publisher=forestflora.co.nz|access-date=3 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131074231/http://www.forestflora.co.nz/Plant%20profiles/Coprosma%20grandifolia.htm|archive-date=31 January 2013}}

Māori have used the bark to produce a yellow colour for dyeing flax fibre.

C. autumnalis is more commonly known by its earlier name Coprosma grandifolia {{Cite journal|last1=Large|first1=Mark F.|last2=Mabberley|first2=David J.|last3=Wood|first3=Elise|date=December 2020|title=Coprosma autumnalis (kanono; Rubiaceae) in New Zealand: nomenclature, iconography and phenology|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12225-020-9876-4|journal=Kew Bulletin|language=en|volume=75|issue=4|pages=37|doi=10.1007/s12225-020-9876-4|s2cid=225168574 |issn=0075-5974}}{{Cite web|last = de Lange | first = P.J | title=Coprosma autumnalis|url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/coprosma-autumnalis/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|language=en}}