Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

kānuka, mānuka, rawiritoa (name used by Muriwhenua - Ngati Kuri and Te Rarawa - and Nga Puhi Maori. Informants in de Lange 2014, 127) 

K. amathicola is primarily a coastal species of stable sand dune systems. It hybridises freely with K. ericoides, K. linearis and K. robusta. (de Lange 2014). See main reference on kānuka for uses.