Maori Nature Notes
(Specially written for the “Manawatu Daily 'Times”) [Copyright J.H.S.j KEWASEWA (to be elevated —Ka rewa te ra, the sun is on high). Its name is appropriate, for the Rewarewa grows straight and tall as a poplar, sometimes 100 feet high. The early settler called it honeysuckle because the flower was shaped like that English climber; hut there is no other resemblance. It is a near relative of the Australian bottle brush. The reddish velvet bloom is a curiosity in natural history. When growing in a steep gully where it can be watched from the summit of a high hank, the strangely shaped hard flowers may he seen unrolling from bud to full bloom in the sun, all within the space of an hour. Its wood, when cut as timber on one face, was mottled with flat discs half an inch in diameter; if cut from another angle, only the sharp edges of these spotted surfaces were seen. It is much admired in cabinet ware and might even now form a valuable export.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7293, 1 August 1930, Page 8
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175Maori Nature Notes Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7293, 1 August 1930, Page 8
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