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Phormium tenax  'Mao' or 'Mau'. Harakeke cultivar.

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Mau, Mao

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Harakeke cultivar.

Viv Gregory Collection, Kaitaia. Recorded as muka flax. Shortest of all muka. Yellow green in colour. Fibre is of great strength and was sometimes used by kaumatua for sewing on buttons, binding of kōauau, etc. Tiny kōrari.

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28 May 2007
20 May 2020
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