Nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco. Varieties.

Maori names for brands obtained from traders: purupuru, pongi, parehe, nikahere

Names for varieties grown by Tūhoe from seed: arero-kurī, porakaraka, taretare, mohoao, witimoa (names recorded in Best 1902).

The variety called Witimoa from Major-General Sir George Whitmore, from whom they obtained the seed. (Best 1902)

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Date added

28 May 2007

Date last updated

5 July 2020