Tupurupuru
Cultivar No | ![]() |
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Source | ![]() |
Gisborne, East Coast. Tupurupuru was a chief of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki and lived about 12 km inland from Gisborne. |
Description | ![]() |
Medium to tall in height, slightly bendy. Leaves dull olive green, soft, but strong. Chocolate-coloured margin and keel. 4–8 cm of brownish smudging at the tips of the young blades (Anderson, 1907, suggests "for the length of a fingerî). Tall, pointed seed pods. |
Notes | ![]() |
Known as Tarariki in Taranaki District. |
Uses | ![]() |
Ordinary purposes, kete, whāriki. The long blades are suitable for whāriki if just dragged through boiling water, not boiled. |
Muka extraction | ![]() |
Medium amount of muka and para removes easily. |
Raranga - unboiled | ![]() |
Rather narrow leaves producing long whenu. Soft and pliable. Whenu are smooth and slippery. So hard to keep tension. Could be good whāriki flax. |
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Tupurupuru, Tarariki: leaves
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Tupurupuru, Tarariki: bush
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Tupurupuru, Tarariki: flowers
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Tupurupuru, Tarariki: kōrari
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Tupurupuru, Tarariki: kōrari
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Tupurupuru, Tarariki: seed pods
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