Ruapani
Cultivar No | 45 | |
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Source | Urewera | |
Description | Tall, straight, strong, medium green blades. Reddish-brown keel and margins on the older leaf and a fine orange-red on the younger rito leaves. Similar to Ruahine but taller, wider with finer fibre. |
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Uses | Very heavy, strong tīhore type. Most blades strip easily and cleanly into heavy fibre, although some of the para is inclined to adhere. A good piupiu harakeke óplenty of fibre, good length, dries hard and strong. When boiled, dries to a rich creamy biscuit colour. Unboiled, it has a greener tone. The early Europeans would tear a strip from one of the long leaves for cordageóalmost impossible to break. |
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Muka extraction | Muka extracts cleanly and para removes effortlessly. Great muka flax. | |
Raranga - unboiled | Because of its ability to release fibre well, the edges fray and the whenu often split when being softened. Strong raranga flax. |
Information sources:
Rene Orchiston | Katarina Tawiri | Rob Smissen | Sue Scheele |