Phormium tenax 'Taumataua'. Harakeke cultivar. Orchiston Collection.
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Māori names
Māori names
Description
Harakeke cultivar. Tall, straight with wide, green, strong blades. Pale yellow keel and margins. Very few kōrari - seldom sends up flower heads.
Fibre
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 1 minute. Fawn when unboiled.
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Metadata
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28 May 2007
20 May 2020
