Flora of New Zealand Series

Cabbage Tree

Plant to 12-(20) m high; young unbranched stems 5-10 cm diam.; older trees with massive trunk to 1.5m diam., much-branched above. Leaves 30-100 × 3-6 cm, only slightly narrowed above base; midrib indistinct, nerves fine. Panicle lax, 60-150 cm long. Flowers fragrant, white; segments 5-6 mm long. Berry whitish.

N., S., St. Forest margins, open places, abundant near swamps.

N., S. North and west of main divide. Forest margins.