Raumoa
| Cultivar No |  |
35 |
|---|---|---|
| Source | |
Botanic Gardens, Wellington (originally sent from Taranaki in 1870) and Te Kuiti. |
| Description | |
Tall, soft but strong leaves. Tomato red keel and margins on all blades. Plenty of heavy, tall seed heads. |
| Uses | |
Good whāriki harakeke. Also good for fine kaitaka kete as it dries very white like kiekie when boiled. Strips easily with a shell into silky white fibre, though the para is inclined to adhere. For kete, the leaves dry to a greenish white when unboiled, almost white when boiled. |
| Muka extraction |  |
Muka extracts fairly well. Some leaf matter sticks to fibre. Medium amount of dull fibre with para sticking to it. |
| Raranga - unboiled | |
Exquisite raranga flax. Whenu are dry, pliable, leathery and of an unusual quality, as they do not dry out quickly. Whenu strong. When softening, top of whenu turns a light colour. |
Information sources:
| Rene Orchiston |
Katarina Tawiri |
 Rob Smissen |
 Sue Scheele |