A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand
Trees
Trees.
Ake, hardest New Zealand wood. Ord, Sapindaccæ. Syn. with Akerautangi (Dodonæa spathulata)
page 19Akeake, a hard wood tree
Akepiro. Ord. Asteroidaceæ (Hoxtonia furfuracea)
Akerautangi, a tree
Angiangi, a tree
Aute, paper-mulberry. (Broussonetia papyrifera)
Emiemi, a tree
Hangehange, a tree; the bark used as a black dye. (Dicera dentata)
Hohere, a tree. (Hoheria propulnea)
Hohoeka. Syn. with Horoeka
Horoeka, a small tree with a remarkable long narrow leaf. (Aralia crassifolia)
Horope, a tree having a fragrant smell
Hou kumera. Syn. with Warangi
Houhi, a tree. Syn. with Hohere
Hutu kaua. Syn. with Pohutukawa
Kahika, a tree. (Podocarpus excelsus.)
Kahikaieka, a tree resembling the Pohutukawa, bearing a red flower, but grows inland
Kahikatea, pine; the wood white, light, and perishable if exposed to weather. Syn. with Katea and Kahika. (Tremperus or Dacrydium excelsum)
Kahikatoa, a tree. Syn. with Kaoa and Manuka. (Leptospermum scoparium)
Ka—i, pine tree
Kaikaro, turpentine tree
Kaikomako, a tree
Kaiwiri, a tree
Kapu, a variety of the Ti tree, having a very large and broad leaf
Karaka, a tree; the natives affirma this tree was brought by their ancestors from Hawaiki. Ord. Myrsinacea. (Corynocarpus lævigata.)
Karamea, a tree; its fruit the size of an orange; its juice being a bright red; native of the East Cape. (Native report)
Karamu, a tree. Ord. Cinchonaceæ. (Coprosma lucida)
Karangu, a tree
Karo, a tree
Katea, a tree. Syn. with Kahikatea
Katoa, a tree. Syn. with Kahikatoa
Kauere, a tree. Syn. with Puriri
Kauri, the monarch of the New Zealand forest; produces much resin. (Damaria Australis or Pinus Kauri)
Kawaka, pine tree. (Dacrydium plumosum)
Koaka, pine growing near Tongariro, which is described as being equally durable with the Totara.
page 20Koakoa, a tree
Koare, a tree
Koeka. Syn. with Hohoeka and Horoaka
Kohekohe, a tree. (Laurus Kohekohe)
Kohekohe, a tree; leaves bitter; used medicinally; wood red; the New Zealand mahogany or cedar; the flowers spring from the sides of the stem; very fragrant. Ord. Meliaceæ. (Hartighsea spectabilis)
Kohukohu, a tree having a resinous smell. Syn. with Tawiri.(Pittosporum Tenuifolium)
Kohutuhutu, a tree; fruit edible; flowers, some purple, some green
Kohutukutuku, a tree. Syn. with Kohutuhutu
Koroi, a tree. Syn with Kahikatea
Kotaratara, a tree
Kopi. Syn. with Karaka
Kotukutuku, a tree. Syn. with Kohutuhutu and Kohutukutuku. I whea koe i te tahuritanga o te rau o te Kotukutuku
Kouka, a tree. Syn. with Ti and Wanake
Kowai, acacia bearing a yellow flower. (Edwardsia microphylla)
Kowiwirau, a sweet smelling leafed tree
Mahoe, a tree. (Melicytus ramiflorus)
Mahoewao, a tree
Mai, pine. Syn. with Matai
Maire, a tree; sandal wood family. (Mira salicifolia)
Mairetawake, a tree. (Eugenia Maire)
Makamaka, a tree. Ord. Cunoniaceæ. (Ackama rosæfolia)
Mako, a tree; the bark used as a black dye
Makomako, a tree. (Friesia racemosa)
Manawa, mangrove. Ord. Myoporinaceæ. (Aricennia tormentosa.) The mangrove swamps are peculiar to the Northern part of the island.
Mangiao, a tree; the ash of this country
Manuka. Syn. with Kahikatoa
Mapau, a tree. Syn. with Tipau.
Matai, pine. Syn. with Mai. (Taxus matai)
Matipo, an ornamental tree; like the Takaka
Matipoa, a tree containing turpentine
Maukoro, a tree. Ord. Leguminaceæ. (Carmichaelia Australis)
Miko, a tree. Syn. with Nikau
Mingi, a tree. (Cyathodes acerosa)
Miro, pine; the fruit is like page 21 a plum of a spicy flavour, and the favourite food of the wood pigeon. (Podocarpus ferruginea)
Neinei, a tree. (Dracophyllum latifolium)
Ngaio, a tree growing in the vicinity of the sea. (Myoporum lætum)
Nikau, native palm tree. (Areca sapida)
Ohoeka, a tree. Syn. with Horoeka
Ongaonga, an elegant tree; a species of lime; said by the natives to be a nettle when young
Papa, a tree
Patate, a tree
Pate, a tree. (Arelia schlefflera)
Patete, a tree with a palmated leaf; it bears bunches of purple berries from which ink is made
Pohutukawa, grows near the sea; bears a beautiful red flower; wood hard and red (Callistemon ellipticus)
Ponga, a pithy wood. (Cyathea medullara or dealbata)
Poporokaiwiri, a tree. (Hedycaria scabra)
Poutakaua, a tree. (Metros)
Puka, a tree. (Polygonum Australe.) A variety of the Manuka
Pukapuka, a tree. (Brachyglottis repanda)
Pukatea, a tree. (Laurelia Novæ Zelandiæ)
Pukerangiora, a tree. Syn. with Rangiora
Puriri, a tree; the New Zealand teak; the most durable of all the timber trees in this country; it is not found South of New Plymouth. Syn. with Kauere. (Vitex littoralis)
Rakapika, a tree. (Metrosideros florida)
Raki, a small tree. bearing a black flower
Ramarama, a tree. (Myrtus bullata)
Rani, a tree. (Brachyglottis Rani)
Rangiora, a tree with a large leaf, white underneath
Rata, a tree; at first a climber; it throws out aerial roots; clasps the tree it clings to, and finally kills it, becoming a large tree. (Metrosideros robusta.) Proverb—Na te moa i takai te Rata ka piko ka tupu ake ano te komatatiki o te Rata. A hard but not durable wood
Raurekau, a tree
Rewarewa, a tree. (Knightia excelsa)
Rimu, pine. (Dacrydium cupressinum)
Rohutu, a tree
Rororo, young maire tree
Tanekaha, pine. Syn. with page 22 Tawaiwai. (Podocarpus asplenifolius or Phyllocladus Trichomanoides)
Tanoeo, a tree. (Laurus caliearis)
Taraire, a tree (Laurus macrophylla)
Taraiti, a tree
Tarata, a tree producing turpentine. (Pittosporum crassifolium)
Tataka, a tree producing turpentine
Taua, a tree. (Laurus Taua)
Tawai, beech tree
Tawaiwai, a tree. Syn. with Tanekaha
Tawero, a tree. Syn. with Towai. (Leiospermum racemosum)
Tawiri, a tree. Syn. with Kohuhu
Ti, grass tree; when young the root is baked and eaten, is very sweet; it is then called mauku. Syn. with Kouka. Ord. Asphodelaceæ. (Cordyline Australis. Dacedra)
Tingahere, forest grass tree (Cordyline stricta)
Tipau, a tree. Syn. with Mapau. (Myrsine Urvilliæ)
Titoki, a beautiful tree; bears its seed, a black berry surrounded by a red pulp; oil extracted from the seed. Syn. with Titongi. (Alectryon excelsum)
Titongi, a tree. Syn. with Titoki
Toatoa, pine growing in the interior; the bark used by the natives as a brown dye
Toi, a tree like the Ti, the fibre of which is remarkably strong and durable; the root is eaten, and when baked it is called ‘Kauru’
Toro, a tree. (Drimys axillaris)
Toru, a tree. Bay of Islands. (Persoonia Toru)
Totara, pine; its timber the most durable of all the New Zealand pines. (Taxus.)
Totera, a tree. (Fuchsia procumbens)
Towai, a tree. Syn. with Tawero
Tuhuhi, a tree producing a bright berry agreebly acid; the bark and wood producing a blue black dye
Tuputupu, mangrove
Wakou, a tree producing a blue dye
Wanake, a tree. Syn. with Ti
Warangi, a tree bearing a large broad leaf; white. (Melieope ternata)
Warangipiro, a tree. Syn. with Warangi
Wau, a tree. Ord. Tiliaceæ (Entelia arborescens)
Waupaku, a beautiful Aralia (Panax arboreum)
Wautaka, a tree bearing seed like the elder.
page 23Wauwau, a tree
Wauwaupaku, a tree. Syn. with Waupaku
Wauwi, a tree
Wawakau, a tree.