Taumataua
| Cultivar No |  |
33 |
|---|---|---|
| Source | |
Urewera. |
| Description | |
Tall, straight with wide, green, strong blades. Pale yellow keel and margins. Seldom sends up flower heads. |
| Uses | |
Good for ladies piupiu because of the long blades. With care, will strip fairly easily into long strips of white silky fibre. For kete it dries to a pale fawn when boiled for one minute. Fawn when unboiled. |
| Muka extraction |  |
Muka extracts exceptionally cleanly. Para removes effortlessly. Fibre white, smooth and silky. Medium amount of fibre. Excellent muka flax |
| Raranga - unboiled | |
Whenu soften easily. Edges fray and release muka strands. Typical muka flax reminding me of Makaweroa but with slightly less fibre. |
Information sources:
| Rene Orchiston |
Katarina Tawiri |
 Rob Smissen |
 Sue Scheele |