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Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree, [3] or by its Māori name of tī or tī kōuka, is a widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 20 metres (66 feet) tall [ 4 ] with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, which are clustered at the tips of the branches and can be up to 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) long.
This is a list of Māori plant common names.. Akakura; Akatea; Akeake; Aruhe; Hangehange; Harakeke; Heketara; Horoeka; Horokaka; Horopito; Houhere; Houpara; Hutu ...
For a listing in order of Māori name, with species names for most, see the Flora of New Zealand list of vernacular names. The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network has published a list of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants including all 574 native trees and shrubs. [ 1 ]
Cordyline indivisa is a monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, where it is called mountain cabbage tree or bush flax. [1] It is also known as the broad-leaved cabbage tree , and in the Māori language as tōī .
Cordyline pumilio is the smallest of New Zealand's five native species of Cordyline.Of the other species, the commonest are the common cabbage tree (C. australis), a tree up to 20 metres (66 feet) tall with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, the forest cabbage tree (C. banksii) which has a slender, sweeping trunk, and the mountain cabbage tree (C. indivisa), a handsome plant with a trunk up ...
Tī ngahere is a sparingly-branched cabbage tree up to 4 metres (13 ft) tall. The leaves are lanceolate (somewhat paddle-shaped), up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in)long and from 40–80 millimetres (1.6–3.1 in) wide. The leaves are broad in the mid portion and droop from there. A prominent flat midrib runs the whole length of the leaf.
Cabbage tree is a common name for several plant species: Andira inermis, native to Central and South America; Various members of the genus Cordyline native to New Zealand. Cordyline australis (Cabbage tree) Cordyline banksii (Forest cabbage tree) Cordyline indivisa (Mountain cabbage tree, Broad-leaved cabbage tree)
The origin of the name 'Timaru' is disputed. Some believe that it derives from Māori Te Maru, which can mean a 'place of shelter'.However, other authorities allege that Timaru originates from a literal translation of the combination of tī, a cabbage tree and maru, meaning 'shady'.