Potaka
| Cultivar No |  |
60 |
|---|---|---|
| Source | |
East Coast. |
| Description | |
Tall, slightly bendy, blue-green leaves with powdery blue underside. Similar to Ruawai. Black margin and keel. Sends up plenty of very tall kōrari with light seed pods. |
| Uses | |
Mature blades strip well with shell into long strands of fine, silky fibre. Very good for kete as it dries very white when boiled for one minute. |
| Muka extraction |  |
Medium amount of muka. Doesn't extract cleanly and para is hard to scrape off with knife. Not a muka flax. |
| Raranga - unboiled | |
Whenu easy to soften and long. Ideal for whāriki. Whenu pliable and slightly waxy. Good raranga flax. |
Information sources:
| Rene Orchiston |
Katarina Tawiri |
 Rob Smissen |
 Sue Scheele |