Potaka
Cultivar No | 60 | |
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Source | East Coast. | |
Description | Tall, slightly bendy, blue-green leaves with powdery blue underside. Similar to Ruawai. Black margin and keel. Sends up plenty of very tall kōrari with light seed pods. |
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Uses | Mature blades strip well with shell into long strands of fine, silky fibre. Very good for kete as it dries very white when boiled for one minute. |
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Muka extraction | Medium amount of muka. Doesn't extract cleanly and para is hard to scrape off with knife. Not a muka flax. | |
Raranga - unboiled | Whenu easy to soften and long. Ideal for whāriki. Whenu pliable and slightly waxy. Good raranga flax. |
Information sources:
Rene Orchiston | Katarina Tawiri | Rob Smissen | Sue Scheele |