Taumataua
Cultivar No | 33 | |
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Source | Urewera. | |
Description | Tall, straight with wide, green, strong blades. Pale yellow keel and margins. Seldom sends up flower heads. |
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Uses | Good for ladies piupiu because of the long blades. With care, will strip fairly easily into long strips of white silky fibre. For kete it dries to a pale fawn when boiled for one minute. Fawn when unboiled. |
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Muka extraction | Muka extracts exceptionally cleanly. Para removes effortlessly. Fibre white, smooth and silky. Medium amount of fibre. Excellent muka flax | |
Raranga - unboiled | Whenu soften easily. Edges fray and release muka strands. Typical muka flax reminding me of Makaweroa but with slightly less fibre. |
Information sources:
Rene Orchiston | Katarina Tawiri | Rob Smissen | Sue Scheele |