Raumoa
Cultivar No | 35 | |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |