Litsea calicaris. Mangeao. Tangeao.
Previous names
Tetranthera calicaris
Laurus calicaris (recorded in Taylor 1870)
Tetranthera tangao (recorded in Taylor 1870)
Māori names
Fishing and hunting
Used to make canoes. Difficult timber to work. (Best 1925)
Domestic
Used for agricultural implements, bullock-yokes, oars, ships" blocks (Colenso 1868a)
Medicinal
Vapour bath (with kōhutuku [sic. Fuchsia] and tātarāmoa) to promote lochial discharge (Bennett 1883; Goldie 1904).
Used in midwifery (K. Pickmere 1940).
For related pharmacology and chemistry, see Brooker, Cambie and Cooper 1987.
See Riley 1994 for information on medicinal uses of related plants elsewhere in the world.
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28 May 2007
1 July 2020