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Phormium tenax 'Tukura'. Harakeke cultivar. Orchiston Collection.

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Tukura

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Harakeke cultivar. A fine variety. Tall, very bendy leaves, soft but strong. Red margin and keel. Young leaves show reddish/brown shading at tips of blades. Grown in many districts under different names.

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Do not boil, but just drag through boiling water.

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Gum at the base has definite healing properties and was used for treating burns.

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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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