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Plants of New Zealand #1

For each botanical and common name of a New Zealand plant, give its Maori name.
Some of the common names listed here are now defunct, and the Maori name is the common name for the plant.
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Last updated: March 21, 2022
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First submittedJuly 30, 2016
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Botanical name
Common name
Maori name
Phormium tenax
New Zealand Flax
Harakeke
Dacrycarpus dacrydiodes
White Pine
Kahikatea
Agathis australis
Kauri
Kauri
Macropiper excelsum
Pepper Tree
Kawakawa
Sophora tetraptera
Kowhai
Kowhai
Melicytus ramiflorus
Whiteywood
Mahoe
Leptospermum scoparium
Tea-tree
Manuka
Podocarpus spicatus
Black Pine
Matai
Rhopalostylis sapida
Nikau Palm
Nikau
Metrosideros excelsa
New Zealand Christmas Tree
Pohutukawa
Cyathea dealbata
Silver Fern
Ponga
Vitex lucens
New Zealand Mahogany
Puriri
Brachyglottis repanda
Bushman's Friend
Rangiora
Metrosideros umbellata
Ironwood
Rata
Knightia excelsa
New Zealand Honeysuckle
Rewarewa
Dacrydium cupressinum
Red Pine
Rimu
Beilschmiedia tawa
Tawa
Tawa
Cordyline australis
Cabbage Tree
Ti Kouka
Alectryon excelsus
New Zealand Oak
Titoki
Podocarpus totara
Totara
Totara
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