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Phormium tenax 'Tupurupuru' or  'Tarariki'. Harakeke cultivar. Orchiston Collection.

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tupurupuru; tarariki 

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Harakeke cultivar. Medium to tall in height, slightly bendy. Leaves dull olive green, soft, but strong. Chocolate coloured margin and keel. 4-8 cm of brownish smudging at the tips of the young blades. Tall pointed seed pods. Tupurupuru was a chief of the Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki tribe and lived at a pa about 12 km. inland from Gisborne. Pa site ruined when soil taken from it for road works. Flax cultivar called Tarariki in Taranaki.

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Used for whariki and ordinary purposes. The long blades are suitable for whariki if just dragged through the boiling water - not boiled

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51b873c7-2293-4f5a-a1e8-c72a375688fb
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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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