Wharariki
| Cultivar No |  |
41 |
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| Source | |
Tairawhiti (East Coast). |
| Description | |
A tall cultivar of Phormium cookianum. Slightly bendy, soft, medium green blades. Hardly any colour on the margins and keel (greenish-white). High flower stalks with yellow flowers and lightweight pendulous seed pods. |
| Notes | |
(Phormium cookianum) |
| Uses | |
Used for soft baskets, rourou, toys. Good for beginners as it is very soft to work with. A fine kete made from this had the appearance of soft kiekie. The strips were not boiled but dragged quickly through boiling water. |
| Muka extraction |  |
Small amount of muka extracts cleanly, but not so well towards tip of whenu. Very thin at tip, fibre often breaks. Para sticks. Fibre dull and fluffy. |
| Raranga - unboiled | |
Leaves stronger and thicker than Wharariki 62, darker, more upright. Whenu are not as slippery and shiny as other Phormium cookianum. Appearance very yellow-green. |
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Information sources:
| Rene Orchiston |
Katarina Tawiri |
 Rob Smissen |
 Sue Scheele |