Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Neopanax arboreus, Nothopanax arboreus, Panax arboreum (Taylor 1855), Panax arboreus

WHAUPAKU, WHAUWHAUPAKU,  Also whau, whauwhau, houhou, tauparapara; puahou (Best 1908). All in Williams 1971. 

First puahou to blossom: tahumate (Best 1907)

waupaku, wauwaupaku, spellings recorded in Taylor 1855

five finger

Horses eat bark (Best 1907)

Khaki dye (Wall, Cranwell 1943)

Bark used green to make skids for hauling canoes ( Best 1925).

The gum, pia houhou, used in join of water vessel to prevent leakage (Best 1927).

Bark sometimes used to make small water vessels ( Best 1902, 1942)

See Riley 1994 for information on medicinal uses of related plants elsewhere in the world.

Waiapu natives say that wood used for fashioning a flute taken from a tree growing in an exposed condition ( Best 1925)