Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Calystegia sepium

marautara (?). pōpōhue, pōhue

NZ bindweed

Member of Convolvulus family introduced to Chatham Islands by crew in Rangimata canoe.

Shand 1911 (p.202) says re Moriori origins ... "they say that in that land the kōwhai and pohutukawa bloomed, and the marautara grew.."

p.119. In notes, Shand writes that "...one of the Ngati-tama Māoris recognized [marautara] as growing over the old decayed huts at Poutama, White Cliffs, Taranaki, New Zealand; he called it Popohue. It is now extinct."

SeeCalystegia sepium.