Parekoritawa
Cultivar No | ![]() |
22 |
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Source | ![]() |
Waiomatatini, East Coast. Also sent from Taranaki to Botanic Gardens, Wellington in 1870. |
Description | ![]() |
One of few traditional cultivars of variegated harakeke. The whole bush has a yellow appearance, with the bright green leaves striped with a bright sulphur yellow. Short, straight, strong, pointed blades. Orange margin and keel ("like karakaî, Andersen 1907). Few kōrari, with light flower heads. |
Uses | ![]() |
Kelly, in the Flax Commissioners Report 1870, described it as a beautiful plant and it was, and is, valued as ornamental. It is a parent of many modern coloured hybrids. Also produces high quality, shiny, but rather brittle fibre. |
Muka extraction | ![]() |
Muka extracts effortlessly and para removes with finger nails. Fibre is silky and white. |
Raranga - unboiled | ![]() |
Whenu hard to soften because of high fibre content. In general lovely and pliable raranga flax. |
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