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A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand

Trees

Trees.

Ake, hardest New Zealand wood. Ord, Sapindaccæ. Syn. with Akerautangi (Dodonæa spathulata)

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Akeake, 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.

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Koakoa, 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.

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Wauwau, a tree

Wauwaupaku, a tree. Syn. with Waupaku

Wauwi, a tree

Wawakau, a tree.