Maori Names of Plants
MAORI NAMES OF PLANTS
The following alphabetical list of Maori names of plants has been assembled with a very few amendments from the Sixth (1957) Edition of Williams's Dictionary of the Maori Language, in the preparation of which the considerable task of checking the scientific names was undertaken by Mr. A. Morris Jones. As there mentioned (Preface, p. vi), many Maori names of such things as birds, trees and insects remain defined in general terms only. It is often doubtful also which names are limited to single species, and some were used rather in a generic or subgeneric sense, for example tataramoa for several species of Rubus.
Names of algae, fungi, lichens and mosses are not included here and those given to crop plants and weeds introduced by European settlers are also excluded. Plants cultivated in pre-European times, like taro, gourd and sweet potato, are included, but only as to the terms most generally applied to them. Plant species of special importance to the Maori received a number of different names, distinguishing recognised races or strains, as in Phormium, or important parts of the plant or stages of growth, as in Pteridium; flowers and fruit were often given epithets of their own, as in Freycinetia. These names are included except in some cases where the Dictionary leaves the species undetermined, but plant products, such as timber or gum, are omitted. H. W. Williams, in the Preface to the Fifth Edition of the Dictionary, pointed out that many names in Phormium are purely fanciful, or of limited local use. Names consisting of several words, either with or without hyphens, are accepted as they appear in the Dictionary, although some seem to be descriptive phrases rather than true names.
ahikomau: Pennantia corymbosa
ahotea: Phyllocladus trichomanoides
aka: vine of any climbing plant Metrosideros albiflora M. perforata
akakaikiore: Parsonsia heterophylla P. capsularis
akakaiku, akakaikuku: Tetrapathaea tetrandra Clematis spp.
akakaimanu: Tetrapathaea tetrandra
akakiekie: Freycinetia banksii, roots
akakiore: Parsonsia heterophylla P. capsularis
akakoareare: Typha muelleri, rhizome
akakopuka: Griselinia lucida
akakuku: Tetrapathaea tetrandra
akakura: Metrosideros fulgens
akapirita: Ripogonum scandens
akapohue: Calystegia sepium
akapuka: Griselinia lucida
akatataramoa: Rubus spp.
akatawhiwhi: Metrosideros fulgens
akatea: Metrosideros albiflora M. perforata
akatororaro: Tetrapathaea tetrandra
akatorotoro: Metrosideros perforata
ake: Dodonaea viscosa
akeake: Dodonaea viscosa Olearia traversii and other spp.
akepiro: Olearia furfuracea
akerautangi: Dodonaea viscosa
akewharangi: Olearia rani
akiraho: Olearia paniculata
amaru: Metrosideros fulgens
amoka: Podocarpus totara
angiangi: Coprosma repens
aruhe: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, root
atewheki: Dicksonia squarrosa
aute: Broussonetia papyrifera
autetaranga, autetauranga: Pimelea arenaria
emiemi: Dracophyllum latifolium
ewekuri: Paratrophis banksii
haekaro: Pittosporum umbellatum
hakeke, hakekeke: Olearia ilicifolia
hanea: Rorippa islandica
hangehange: Geniostoma ligustrifolium Elaeocarpus dentatus
haraeke: Phormium tenax
harakeke: Phormium tenax
hareto: Solanum spp., fr.
hauama: Entelea arborescens
haumakaroa: Neopanax simplex
haumakoroa, haumangoroa: Pseudopanax edgerleyi
haumata: snow-grass, large Danthonia
hauora: Cordyline banksii
heketara: Olearia rani
hengahenga: Geniostoma ligustrifolium
heruheru: Todea superba T. hymenophylloides
hinahina: Melicytus ramiflorus
hinarepe: Poa triodiodes
hinau: Elaeocarpus dentatus
hine-kaikomako: Pennantia corymbosa
hioi: Mentha cunninghamii
hohoeka: Pseudopanax crassifolium
hoihere: Hoheria populnea H. glabrata
hokokuku: Clematis spp.
hona: Fuchsia excorticata, fr.
horahora: Astelia banksii
horeto: Solanum spp., fr.
horoeka: Pseudopanax crassifolium
horokaka: Disphyma australe
horokio: Blechnum capense
horopito: Pseudowintera axillaris P. colorata Alseuosmia macrophylla
houama: Entelea arborescens
houhere, houhi: Hoheria populnea H. glabrata
houhi ongaonga: Hoheria populnea H. sexstylosa
houhi puruhi: Hoheria angustifolia
houhou: Neopanax arboreum
houi: Hoheria populnea H. glabrata
houkumara: Melicope ternata
houmangoroa: Pseudopanax edgerleyi, adult
houmapara, houpara, houparapara: Pseudopanax lessonii
houto: Solanum spp., fr.
huarangi: Dacrydium cupressinum, fr.
huariki: Griselinia littoralis, fr.
hue: Lagenaria vulgaris
hue-o-Raukatauri: Ourisia macrophylla
hukihuki: Coprosma tenuicaulis Cyathodes juniperina
hukihukiraho: Cyathodes juniperina C. fasciculata
hunangamoho: Danthonia cunninghamii Orizopsis rigida
hungere: Hoheria angustifolia
huperei: Gastrodia cunninghamii
hupirau-ririki: Coprosma foetidissima
huruhuruhika: Phormium tenax
huruhuru o Hine-nui-te-po: Acaena anserinifolia
huruhuru o nga waewae o Paoa: Todea superba
huruhuru tapairu: Adiantum spp.
huruhuru whenua: Asplenium lucidum
hutiwai: Acaena anserinifolia
hutu: Ascarina lucida Nothofagus fusca N. truncata
hutukawa: Metrosideros excelsa
hututawai: Nothofagus fusca N. truncata
ikaika: Orthoceras strictum
inaka: Dracophyllum longifolium
inakaporiro: Cyathodes juniperina
inanga: Dracophyllum longifolium
inangaporiro: Cyathodes juniperina
irirangi: Hymenophyllum demissum H. dilatatum
kahakaha: Collospermum hastatum
kahia: Tetrapathaea tetrandra
kahika: Podocarpus dacrydioides Metrosideros spp., fl.
kahikahika: Metrosideros fulgens
kahikatea: Podocarpus dacrydioides
kahikatoa: Leptospermum scoparium
kahikawaka: Libocedrus plumosa
kahikomako: Pennantia corymbosa
kaho: Linum monogynum
kahoho: Solanum aviculare, fr. S. laciniatum, fr.
kai: Podocarpus spicatus P. dacrydioides, young
kaia, kaiarurerure: Acaena anserinifolia
kaihua: Parsonsia heterophylla
kaihuia: Rhopalostylis sapida, full grown
kaikaia, kaikaiarure: Acaena anserinifolia
kaikaiatua: Rhabdothamnus solandri Cyathodes fasciculata
kaikaro: Pittosporum crassifolium P. tenuifolium
kaikawaka: Libocedrus plumosa
kaikomako: Pennantia corymbosa
kaiku, kaikuku: Parsonsia capsularis
kaimanu: Tetrapathaea tetrandra
kaiwaka: ? Eugenia maire
kai-weta: Carpodetus serratus Melicytus lanceolatus
kaiwhiri: Hedycarya arborea
kaiwhiria: Parsonsia capsularis Hedycarya arborea
kakaha: Astelia nervosa
kakaho: Arundo conspicua, culm
kakaka: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, stem
kakai: Podocarpus spicatus, young
kakaramu, kakarangu: Coprosma robusta
kakareao, kakarewao: Ripogonum scandens
kakatarahae: Cyathea medullaris
kama: Gaultheria oppositifolia
kamahi: Weinmannia racemosa
kamu: Bidens pilosa, seeds Uncinia uncinata
kanono, kanonono: Coprosma australis
kanuka: Leptospermum ericoides
kaoho: Solanum aviculare, fr. S. laciniatum, fr.
kaponga: Cyathea dealbata
kapu: Cordyline spp.
kapuka: Griselinia littoralis
kapukiore: Coprosma australis
kapungawha: Scirpus lacustris
karaka: Corynocarpus laevigatus
karamea: Aciphylla squarrosa
karamu, karamuramu: Coprosma spp.
karamu-kueo: Coprosma australis
karangu: Coprosma spp.
karapapa: Alseuosmia macrophylla
kareao: Ripogonum scandens
karearea: Lemna minor
karepo: Zostera sp.
karerarera: Azolla rubra
karetu: Hierochloe antarctica
karewao: Ripogonum scandens
karito: Typha muelleri, young shoots
karo: Pittosporum crassifolium P. cornifolium
katea: Podocarpus dacrydioides
katoa: Leptospermum scoparium
katote: Cyathea smithii
kauere: Vitex lucens
kauhangaroa: Phormium tenax
kauka: Cordyline australis Typha muelleri, rootstock
kauparerarera: Plantago spathulata
kauri: Agathis australis
kautara: Sonchus sp., rough sowthistle
kawa: Macropiper excelsum
kawaka: Libocedrus plumosa
kawakawa: Macropiper excelsum Blechnum fluviatile
kawariki: ? Ranunculus sp. Coprosma australis
kekereao: Ripogonum scandens
kiekie: Freycinetia banksii
kihihi: Pittosporum crassifolium P. eugenioides
kiokio: Blechnum capense Cordyline australis
kiwakiwa, kiwikiwi: Blechnum fluviatile
koare: Pseudopanax edgerleyi Agathis australis, sapling
koareare: Typha muelleri, rhizome Pseudopanax edgerleyi
koeka: Pseudopanax crassifolium
kohai: Sophora spp. Geum urbanum Potentilla anserinoides
kohe: Tetrapathaea tetrandra Dysoxylum spectabile
kohekohe: Dysoxylum spectabile
kohepiro: Angelica rosaefolia
kohepu: Dysoxylum spectabile, fl.
koheriki: Angelica rosaefolia Bidens pilosa Melicope ternata
kohia: Tetrapathaea tetrandra
kohoho: Solanum aviculare, fr. S. laciniatum, fr.
kohuhu: Pittosporum tenuifolium
kohuhurangi, kohukohurangi: Senecio kirkii
kohukohu: Stellaria spp. Pittosporum tenuifolium Scleranthus spp.
kohuorangi: Tupeia antarctica
kohurangi: Senecio kirkii
kohutuhutu: Fuchsia excorticata
koihu: Pittosporum tenuifolium
kokaha: Collospermum hastatum
kokihi: Tetragonia tetragonioides
kokoeka: Pseudopanax crassifolium
kokohurangi: Senecio kirkii
kokomuka: Hebe salicifolia and similar spp.
kokomuka taranga: Hebe parviflora Pimelea longifolia
kokoromiko, kokoromuka: Hebe salicifolia and similar spp.
kokotaiko: Alseuosmia macrophylla
komingiroa: Senecio kirkii
konene: Cassytha paniculata, fr.
konini: Fuchsia excorticata, fr.
kopakopa: Myosotidium hortensia Trichomanes reniforme
kopata: Pelargonium inodorum Geum urbanum
kopi: Corynocarpus laevigatus
kopoti: Anisotome aromatica
kopuka: Leptospermum ericoides
kopukapuka: Myosotidium hortensia Ranunculus hirtus
kopukupuku: Ranunculus sp.
kopungawha, kopupungawha: Scirpus lacustris Typha muelleri Juncus spp.
korari: Phormium tenax
korari tuauru: Phormium colensoi
korau: Cyathea medullaris
koreirei: Typha muelleri
korikori: Ranunculus insignis
korito: Typha muelleri
koro: Metrosideros perforata
korohiko: Hebe spp.
koroi: Podocarpus dacrydioides P. dacrydioides fr.
korokio: Hebe salicifolia and similar spp. Corokia buddleioides Cordyline pumilio Blechnum capense B. vulcanicum
korokio taranga: Corokia buddleioides
koromiko: Hebe salicifolia and similar spp.
koromiko-taranga: Hebe parviflora Pimelea longifolia
koromuka: Hebe salicifolia and similar spp.
koropio: Blechnum capense
koropuka: Gaultheria spp.
koru: Pratia physaloides
korukoru: Elytranthe colensoi, ? fls only
kotaratara: Olearia ilicifolia
kotete: Schefflera digitata
kotukutuku: Fuchsia excorticata Podocarpus totara, seed plant
kouaha: Brachyglottis repanda
kouka: Cordyline australis Typha muelleri, rootstock
kowaowao: Phymatodes diversifolium
kowhai: Sophora spp. Geum urbanum Potentilla anserinoides
kowhai ngutu-kaka: Clianthus puniceus
kowhangatara: Spinifex hirsutus
kowharawhara: Astelia banksii A. solandri
kowhitiwhiti: Rorippa islandica
kowhiwhi: Pittosporum tenuifolium
kueo: Coprosma australis, fr.
kukuku: Cyathodes juniperina
kukuraho: Scirpus maritimus
kukuta: Scirpus lacustris
kumara: Ipomoea batatas
kumarahou: Pomaderris kumeraho P. hamiltonii Quintinia serrata Olearia colensoi Angelica rosaefolia
kumara-kai-torouka: Olearia furfuracea
kumararaunui: Olearia colensoi
kupapa: Tetrapathaea tetrandra
kuranuipaka: Dicksonia fibrosa
kurikuri: Aciphylla squarrosa
kuripaka: Dicksonia fibrosa
kuta, kutakuta, kuwawa: Scirpus lacustris
maakoako: Samolus repens
mahimahi: Eleaocarpus hookerianus
mahoe: Melicytus ramiflorus
mahoe wao: Melicytus lanceolatus
mahunu: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, young shoots
mahuri: Alternanthera denticulata
mai: Podocarpus spicatus
maihiihi: Griselinia littoralis
maika, maikaika: Orthoceras strictum Thelymitra pulchella
maika ka: Arthropodium cirrhatum
maire: Olea spp. (Gymnelaea)
maire hau, maireire: Phebalium nudum
maire taiki: Mida salicifolia
maire tawake: Eugenia maire
makaka: Plagianthus divaricatus Lygodium articulatum Carmichaelia spp. Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, root
makakaka: Polygonum aviculare
makamaka: Ackama rosaefolia Lygodium articulatum
makawe o Raukatauri: Asplenium flaccidum
makawe tapairu: Adiantum sp.
makehu: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, young shoots
mako, makomako: Aristotelia serrata
makura: Carex secta and similar spp.
mamaika: Orthoceras strictum Thelymitra pulchella
mamaku: Cyathea medullaris
mamangi: Coprosma repens and similar spp.
manakura: Melicytus micranthus
manamana: Asplenium bulbiferum
manatu: Plagianthus betulinus
manawa: Avicennia resinifera
manehau: Asplenium bulbiferum, sprouts
manehu: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum
manga-a-Huripapa: Libertia ixioides
mangeao: Litsea calicaris
mangemange: Lygodium articulatum
mangeo: Litsea calicaris
mania: Carex lucida
manihi: Potamogeton suboblongus P. cheesemanii
manoao: Dacrydium colensoi D. kirkii
manono: Coprosma australis
manuka: Leptospermum scoparium L. ericoides
manuka rauriki: Leptospermum ericoides Cyathodes fasciculata
maomao: Phormium tenax
maota: Dysoxylum spectabile
mapau: Myrsine australis
mapere: Gahnia setifolia
mapou: Myrsine australis
maratata: Phymatodes diversifolium
mariri: Beilschmiedia tawa, fr. unripe
marohi: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum
maru: Leptospermum ericoides Sparganium subglobosum Carex sp.
maruru: Ranunculus hirtus
mata: Carex secta and similar spp. Histiopteris incisa Paesia scaberula
matai: Podocarpus spicatus
mataira: Myrsine australis
matamatahuia: Linum monogynum
matata: Carex secta and similar spp. Histiopteris incisa Paesia scaberula Rhabdothamnus solandri
matau: Uncinia spp.
mati: Fuchsia excorticata, fr.
matiatia, matihetihe: Poa triodioides
matipo: Myrsine australis
matou: Pseudowintera axillaris, fr.
matua-kumara: Geranium australe
matua-mauku: Hymenophyllum dilatatum
matua-tikumu: Celmisia spectabilis C. coriacea
matukuroimata: Alseuosmia spp.
matukutuku: Lycopodium spp.
maukoro: Carmichaelia spp.
mauku: Asplenium bulbiferum Hymenophyllum spp. Cordyline pumilio
maukuuku: Gastrodia cunninghamii
maurea: Carex lucida C. comans
mauri, maurikura: Astelia sp.
mawe: Galium umbrosum
mawhai: Sicyos angulata Cassytha paniculata
mihimihi: Persoonia toru
miki: Cyathodes juniperina
mikimiki: Cyathodes fasciculata
miko: Rhopalostylis sapida, young shoot
mikoikoi: Libertia ixioides L. grandiflora
mingi, mingimingi: Cyathodes juniperina C. fasciculata Coprosma propinqua
miro: Podocarpus ferrugineus
moeahu: Melicytus ramiflorus
mokehu: Pteridium, young fronds
moki, mokimoki: Phymatodes scandens
mokopiko: Libocedrus plumosa
monoao: Dracophyllum subulatum
mouki, mouku: Asplenium bulbiferum
mounga: Lygodium articulatum
muka: Rhopalostylis sapida, unexpanded shoot
mukimuki: Doodia caudata
munga: Rhopalostylis sapida
naereere: Scleranthus biflorus
nahinahi: Calystegia sepium
nahui: Alternanthera denticulata
namunamu: Geranium sp.
nana: Zostera sp.
nao: Linum monogynum
napuka: Hebe speciosa
nau: Lepidium oleraceum
naupata: Coprosma repens
naupiro: Coprosma foetidissima Angelica montana
nehenehe: Epacris alpina
neinei: Dracophyllum latifolium Carmichaelia sp.
neinei-kura: Cyathea smithii
ngaio: Myoporum laetum
ngakau-kiore: Clematis parviflora
ngarangara: Disphyma australe
ngawha: Typha muelleri
ngohungohu: Cyathodes fasciculata C. juniperina
ngungu: Olearia rani
ngutu kakariki, ngutungutu, ngutungutu kiwi: Todea superba
nikau: Rhopalostylis sapida
niko: Phyllocladus trichomanoides
nini: Blechnum lanceolatum
niniao: Helichrysum glomeratum
niniwa: Gaultheria oppositifolia
nohi: Luzuriaga parviflora
nonokia: Pomaderris apetala
nonorangi: ? Pomaderris apetala
ohoeka: Pseudopanax crassifolium
oioi: Leptocarpus simplex
ongaonga: Urtica ferox U. australis Hoheria populnea
oramarama: Pseudowintera colorata
orewa: Planchonella novo-zelandica
orihou: Neopanax colensoi
orooro: Senecio kirkii
oru: Pratia physaloides
oue: Phormium tenax
paetai: Avicennia resinifera
pahautea: Libocedrus bidwillii
pahengahenga: Geniostoma ligustrifolium
pakauroharoha: Thelypteris pennigera
panahi: Calystegia sepium C. soldanella Ipomaea palmata
panake: Calystegia sepium
panakenake: Pratia angulata
panako: Asplenium obtusatum
pananehu: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, young shoots
panapana: Cardamine heterophylla
paopao: Scirpus lacustris
papa, papahenga: Geniostoma ligustrifolium
papai: Aciphylla squarrosa and similar spp.
papakoura: Epilobium microphyllum
papao: Scirpus lacustris
papapa: Pomaderris elliptica Gaultheria antipoda
papapakoura: Epilobium microphyllum
papataniwhaniwha: Lagenophora pumila
papauma: Griselinia littoralis Coprosma australis
para: Marattia salicina Gastrodia cunninghamii, tuber Orthoceras strictum, tuber
paraha, paraharaha: Phymatodes diversifolium
parahia: Chenopodium allanii
paranako: Asplenium obtusatum
parani: Lagenophora petiolata
parapara: Heimerliodendron brunonianum Pseudopanax lessonii
paraparauma: Griselinia littoralis
parara: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, rhizome
parareka: Marattia salicina
parataniwha, parataniwhaniwha: Elatostema rugosum
paratawhiti: Orthoceras strictum Marattia salicina
parenako: Asplenium obtusatum A. lucidum
parerarera: Plantago sp.
paretao: Asplenium obtusatum A. lucidum
paritaniwha: Phormium tenax
pata: Leptospermum scoparium
patangatanga: Freycinetia banksii, fr.
patate, pate, patete: Schefflera digitata
patiti: Microlaena stipoides
patiti taranui: Agropyron scabrum
patotara: Cyathodes juniperina C. fraseri Botrychium australe
patutiketike: Coprosma australis C. lucida
pehiakura: Dicksonia squarrosa
peia: Freycinetia banksii
peka-a-waka: Earina mucronata
pekapeka: Erechtites quadridentata
pekepeke: Celmisia longifolia
peoi: Solanum aviculare S. laciniatum
pepepe: Vincentia anceps
pere: Alseuosmia macrophylla A. linariifolia
perehia: Deyeuxia filiformis D. billardieri
perei: Gastrodia cunninghamii Orthoceras strictum
peretao: Blechnum patersonii Asplenium falcatum
petako: Asplenium falcatum
petako paraharaha, petako rauriki: Asplenium spp.
petipeti: Blechnum discolor
piaka: Avicennia resinifera, young shoots Typha muelleri, rhizome
pikiarero: Clematis paniculata and similar spp.
pikirangi: Elytranthe tetrapetala
pikoko: Phormium tenax
pikopiko: Polystichum richardii
pinaki: Daucus glochidiatus
pinakitere: Anisotome sp. Geranium australe
pinao: Desmoschoenus spiralis
pinatoro: Pimelea prostrata
pingao: Desmoschoenus spiralis
piopio: Dianella intermedia
pipiro: Coprosma foetidissima
pirikahu: Acaena anserinifolia
pirinoa: Loranthus micranthus Elytranthe spp. Tupeia antarctica
piripiri: Aceana anserinifolia Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum H. demissum Haloragis incana H. micrantha Bulbophyllum pygmaeum
piripiriwhata: Carpodetus serratus
pirirangi: Elytranthe tetrapetala
pirita: Ripogonum scandens Loranthus micranthus Elytranthe spp. Tupeia antarctica
piriwhetau: Acaena anserinifolia
pirori: Freycinetia banksii, fr.
piupiu: Blechnum capense B. discolor Thelypteris pennigera
poananga: Clematis spp.
poapoa tautaua: Parsonsia heterophylla
poataniwha: Melicope simplex
pohiri: Pittosporum tenuifolium
pohue, pohuehue: Calystegia sepium Clematis spp. Muehlenbeckia complexa Tetrapathaea tetrandra and other lianes
pohuhe: Calystegia sepium
pohutukawa: Metrosideros excelsa
poipapa: Chenopodium allanii
pokaka: Elaeooarpus dentatus E. hookerianus
pokere, pokerehu: Beilschmiedia tawa, fr.
pokopoko, pokopoko-nui-a-hura: Clematis parviflora
poniu: Rorippa islandica
ponga: Cyathea dealbata
popohue: Calystegia sepium Clematis spp. Muehlenbeckia complexa Tetrapathaea tetrandra and other climbing plants
popoko-nui-a-hura: Clematis parviflora C. paniculata
poporo: Solanum spp.
poporokaiwhiri, porokaiwhiri, porokaiwhiria: Hedycarya arborea
poroporo: Solanum spp.
poroporokaiwhiria: Hedycarya arborea
poroporo tanguru: Solanum aviculare S. laciniatum
potaetae: Clematis spp.
potango: Phormium tenax
pou: Planchonella novo-zelandica
pouaka: Poa triodioides
pouwhiwhi: = powhiwhi
powhiri: Pittosporum tenuifolium
powhiwhi: Tetrapathaea tetrandra Calystegia tuguriorum Ipomaea palmata and other climbing plants
puahou: Neopanax arboreum
puaka: Dacrydium cupressinum
puakaito: Celmisia spectabilis
puakarimu: Lycopodium deuterodensum
puananga, puapua: Clematis paniculata
puarangi: Hibiscus trionum
puarangitoto: Senecio perdicioides
pua o te reinga, pua reinga: Dactylanthus taylori
puatataua, puataua, puatautaua: Clematis paniculata and similar spp.
puatawhiwhi: Metrosideros fulgens
puatea: Gnaphalium keriense Craspedia spp.
puatororaro: Clematis spp. and other climbing plants
puawananga, puawhanganga: Clematis paniculata
puha: Sonchus spp. or other vegetable used as greens
puha pororua: Sonchus sp., smooth sow-thistle
puharetaiko: Senecio reinoldii Celmisia spectabilis
puha tiotio: Sonchus sp., rough sowthistle
puhaureroa: Heimerliodendron brunonianum Senecio solandri
puheretaiko: Senecio reinoldii Celmisia spectabilis
puhikawa: Pseudowintera axillaris
puhina: Cordyline spp., fls
puhou: Coriaria arborea
puka: Meryta sinclairii Griselinia lucida Eugenia maire Muehlenbeckia australis
pukapuka: Brachyglottis repanda
pukariao: Paratrophis banksii
pukatea, puketea: Laurelia novae-zelandiae Gnaphalium sp.
pukio: Carex secta and similar spp.
pukupuku: Pelargonium inodorum Doodia media
punawaru: Siegesbeckia orientalis
punaweta: Carpodetus serratus
puniu: Todea superba Polystichum vestitum
punui: Stilbocarpa lyallii S. polaris Cyathea cunninghamii Dicksonia fibrosa Todea superba
pungai: Rhopalostylis sapida, base of lf
purei, pureirei, purekireki: Carex secta and similar spp.
puriri: Vitex lucens
putaputaweta, putaweta: Carpodetus serratus
puwatawata: Luzuriaga parviflora
puwha: Sonchus spp. or other vegetable used as greens
puwhakahara: Olea sp. (Gymnelaea)
puwhara, puwharawhara: Astelia banksii
puwharetaiko: Senecio reinoldii Celmisia spectabilis
puwhaureroa: Heimerliodendron brunonianum Senecio solandri
rahurahu: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum
ramarama: Lophomyrtus bullata Pseudowintera colorata
rangiora: Brachyglottis repanda
raoriki: Ranunculus macropus R. rivularis
rarahu, rarauhe: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum
rarotawake: Calystegia sepium, roots
rata: Metrosideros robusta and other spp.
rata-piki: Metrosideros fulgens
rauaruhe: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, fronds
rauhuia: Linum monogynum
rauiri: Leptospermum ericoides L. scoparium
raukatauri: Asplenium flaccidum
raukawa: Pseudopanax edgerleyi
raukumara: Senecio perdicioides
raumanga: Phymatodes diversifolium
raumangu: Selliera radicans
raumoa: Spinifex hirsutus
rauparaha: Calystegia sepium
raupeka: Earina autumnalis
raupeti: Solanum nudiflorum and similar spp.
raupo: Typha muelleri
raupotaranga: Xeronema callistemon
raurakau, raurekau: Brachyglottis repanda Coprosma australis
raurenga: Trichomanes reniforme
rauriki: Sonchus spp.
rauroroa: Sonchus sp., rough sow-thistle
rautahi: Carex ternaria
rautao: Blechnum capense
rautawhiri: Pittosporum tenuifolium
rautini: Senecio huntii
rauwiri: Leptospermum ericoides L. scoparium
rekoreko, remuremu: Selliera radicans
remuroa: Solanum nudiflorum and similar spp.
rengamutu: Tetragonia tetragonioides
rengarenga: Arthropodium cirrhatum Tetragonia tetragonioides
repehia, repehina: Deyeuxia filiformis
repehinapapa: Arthropodium candidum
rereti: Blechnum lanceolatum
rerewai: Potamogeton suboblongus P. cheesemanii
retoreto, returetu: Azolla rubra
reua: Dianella intermedia
rewa: Knightia excelsa, fl.
rewarewa: Knightia excelsa
rimu: Dacrydium cupressinum
rimurehia: Zostera sp.
ririwaka: Scirpus maritimus
roeroe: Elytranthe sp.
rohutu: Neomyrtus pedunculata Lophomyrtus obcordata
roi: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, rhizome
roniu: Brachycome radicata
rongotainui: Phormium tenax
rororo: Olea montana (Gymnelaea)
routu: Neomyrtus pedunculata Lophomyrtus obcordata
ruerueke: Disphyma australe
runa: Rumex flexuosus Plagianthus divaricatus
taihinu: Pomaderris phylicifolia
taiko: Mida salicifolia
tainoka: Carmichaelia cunninghamii and similar spp.
tainui: Pomaderris apetala
taiore: Ripogonum scandens
takahakaha: Collospermum hastatum, when in flower
takahikahi: Gahnia sp.
takaka: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum
takapo: Gaultheria antipoda
takapou: Myrsine australis
takawa: Macropiper excelsum fr. Fuchsia excorticata fr.
tamure: Phormium tenax
taneawai: Phormium tenax
tanekaha: Phyllocladus trichomanoides
tangeao, tangeo: Litsea calicaris
tanguru: Olearia furfuracea O. albida
taniwhaniwha: Blechnum discolor
tapairu: Senecio kirkii
tapatapauma: Coprosma australis Griselinia littoralis
tapia: Tupeia antarctica
tapitapi: Alectryon excelsum
tapuwae kotuku: Gleichenia cunninghamii
tara-a-Maui: Pseudopanax crassifolium var. trifoliolatum
taraheke: Rubus cissoides R. australis Olearia spp.
taraire: Beilschmiedia tarairi
tarakoi: Paspalum scrobiculatum
tarakupenga: Coprosma acerosa Lycopodium sp.
taramea: Aciphylla spp.
taramoa: Rubus cissoides R. schmidelioides R. australis
taranui: Paspalum scrobiculatum
taranga: Melicytus lanceolatus Pimelea longifolia
tarangahape: Carmichaelia spp.
tarangarara: Gahnia lacera
taraonga, taraongaonga: Urtica ferox U. australis
tarapapa: Freycinetia banksii, fl.-bracts
tarata: Pittosporum eugenioides
tarawera: Pellaea rotundifolia
taritari awha: Dracophyllum latifolium
taro: Colocasia antiquorum
tataka: Melicope ternata
tatangi: Gahnia lacera
tataraheke: Rubus cissoides R. australis Olearia spp.
tataramoa: Rubus cissoides R. schmidelioides R. australis
tauhinu: Pomaderris phylicifolia Cassinia leptophylla
tauhinu-korokio, tauhinu-koromiko: Cassinia leptophylla
taumingi: Cyathodes juniperina
taunoka: Carmichaelia cunninghamii and similar spp.
tauparapara: Neopanax arboreum
taupata: Coprosma repens
taupuka: Gaultheria antipoda
taurepo: Rhabdothamnus solandri
tawa: Beilschmiedia tawa
tawai: Nothofagus spp.
tawaiwai: Phyllocladus trichomanoides
tawao: Taraxacum spp. Carmichaelia sp.
tawapou: Planchonella novo-zelandica
tawari: Ixerba brexioides
tawatawa: Adiantum sp.
taweke: Sonchus sp., rough sow-thistle
taweku: Coriaria arborea
tawiniwini: Gaultheria antipoda
tawhai: Nothofagus spp.
tawhairaunui: Nothofagus fusca N. truncata
tawhairauriki: Nothofagus solandri N. cliffortioides
tawhara: Freycinetia banksii, fl.-bracts
tawheowheo: Quintinia serrata
tawhero: Weinmannia racemosa W. silvicola
tawhiri: Pittosporum tenuifolium
tawhiri karo: Pittosporum cornifolium
tawhiwhi: Pittosporum tenuifolium Parsonsia heterophylla
tete: Todea superba
teteaweka: Olearia angustifolia
tete-kura: Todea superba
teure: Freycinetia banksii, fr.
ti: Cordyline spp.
ti awe: Cordyline australis sts C. banksii
tihore: Phormium tenax, best fibre flax
tika: Phormium tenax, ordinary swamp flax
ti kapu: Cordyline indivisa sts C. banksii
ti kauka: Cordyline australis
ti koraha: Cordyline pumilio
ti kouka: Cordyline australis
tikumu: Celmisia spectabilis C. coriacea and similar spp.
ti kupenga, ti matuku-tai: Cordyline indivisa
ti ngahere: Cordyline banksii
tio: Dicksonia squarrosa
ti papa: Cordyline pumilio
ti parae: Cordyline banksii
tipau: Myrsine australis
ti pore: Cordyline terminalis
ti pua, ti rakau: Cordyline australis
ti rauriki: Cordyline pumilio
tirawa: Dicksonia squarrosa
tirori: Freycinetia banksii, fr.
titirangi: Hebe speciosa
ti toi: Cordyline indivisa
titoki, titongi: Alectryon excelsum
titoonewai: Phormium tenax
ti torere: Cordyline banksii
ti whanake: Cordyline australis
toatoa: Phyllocladus trichomanoides P. glaucus Haloragis erecta
toetoe: grass, sedge, etc., particularly Arundo conspicua
toetoe hunangamoho: Danthonia cunninghamii
toetoe kakaho: Arundo conspicua
toetoe kiwi: Gahnia lacera
toetoe mata: Carex diandra and similar spp. Gahnia lacera
toetoe mokoro: Arundo conspicua
toetoe ngaungau: Gahnia lacera
toetoe rakau: Arundo conspicua
toetoe rautahi: Carex ternaria
toetoe tara-ngarara: Gahnia sp.
toetoe tuhara: Vincentia anceps
toetoe upoko-tangata, toetoe whatumanu or whatu-pakau: Mariscus ustulatus
toheraoa: Deyeuxia filiformis and some other grasses Coprosma australis
tohetaka, tohetake, tohetea: Taraxacum magellanicum
toi: Cordyline indivisa
tokitoki: Alectryon excelsum
tope: Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum, fresh growth
topitopi: Alectryon excelsum
toro: Persoonia toru Myrsine salicina
toroheke: Pimelea arenaria
toromiro: Podocarpus ferrugineus
toropapa: Alseuosmia macrophylla A. quercifolia
toroputa: Gaultheria sp.
tororaro: Muehlenbeckia complexa
torotoro: Metrosideros perforata
totara: Podocarpus totara Cyathodes fraseri
totara kiri kotukutuku: Libocedrus plumosa
totara papa, totara parae, totara tahuna: Cyathodes fraseri
totoroene, totorowene: Parsonsia capsularis
totorowhiti: Dracophyllum strictum
towai: Weinmannia racemosa W. silvicola Paratrophis banksii
tuakura: Dicksonia squarrosa D. lanata
tuhara: Vincentia anceps
tuhuhi: Eugenia maire
tuhui: Paspalum scrobiculatum
tukauki: Libertia ixioides
tukirunga: Dicksonia fibrosa
tukorehu: Plantago raoulii
tumatakuru: Discaria toumatou Aciphylla squarrosa
tumingi: Cyathodes juniperina C. fasciculata Epacris pauciflora Gaultheria spp.
tuokura: Dicksonia squarrosa D. lanata
tupakihi: Coriaria spp.
tupare: Olearia colensoi, etc.
tupari: Blechnum capense
tupari maunga: Gahnia xanthocarpa
tupere: Celmisia lindsayi
tupurupuru: Solanum sp.
turepo: Paratrophis banksii P. microphylla
turikakoa: Spinifex hirsutus
turikoka: Deyeuxia filiformis
turukio: Blechnum discolor
turutu: Dianella intermedia Libertia ixioides
tutae-ikamoana: Tetragonia tetragonioides
tutae-kahu, tutae-kaka: Oxalis lactea
tutae-kereru: Parsonsia heterophylla
tutae-kiore: Euphrasia cuneata
tutae-koau: Apium australe
tutae-kuri: Agropyron multiflorum
tutoke: Polystichum richardii
tutu: Coriaria arborea, etc.
tutu-heuheu: Coriaria thymifolia
tutukiwi: Pterostylis banksii
tutumako: Euphrasia cuneata
tutunawai: Polygonum decipiens
tutu-papa: Coriaria thymifolia
tuturi: Discaria toumatou
uhi: = uwhi
uhi perei: Gastrodia cunninghamii
upokonui-a-ura, upoko-o-te-ura: Clematis sp.
upokotangata: Mariscus ustulatus
ureure: Freycinetia banksii, fr.
uruuruwhenua: Dicksonia squarrosa
uwhi: Dioscorea sp. and other root crops
uwhi para: Marattia salicina
waekahu: Muehlenbeckia complexa
waekura: Gleichenia cunninghamii
waewae-kaka, waewae-kotuku, waewaematuku: Gleichenia microphylla
waewae-koukou: Lycopodium deuterodensum L. volubile
wahu: Drosera spp.
waikure: Avicennia resinifera
waiu-atua: Rhabdothamus solandri Euphorbia glauca Gaultheria oppositifolia
waiu-o-Kahukura: Euphorbia glauca
waoriki: Ranunculus rivularis R. macropus
wawa: Scirpus lacustris
wekeweke: Sonchus sp., rough sowthistle
wenewene: Lagenaria vulgaris and other creeping plants
whakapiopio: Metrosideros perforata
whakataka: Corokia buddleioides C. macrocarpa
whakatangitangi: Metrosideros fulgens
whakou: Ixerba brexioides, particularly when in flower
whawhakou: Ixerba brexioides Eugenia maire
whanake: Cordyline australis
whangewhange: Geniostoma ligustrifolium
wharangi: Brachyglottis repanda Melicope ternata
wharangi kura: Olearia macrodonta
wharangi-piro: Olearia rani O. furfuracea Melicope ternata
whararahi: Phormium tenax
wharariki: Phormium colensoi
wharawhara: Astelia banksii
whareatua: Lycopodium sp.
wharekohu: Dracophyllum urvilleanum
wharengarara: Pimelea prostrata
wharewhareatua: Pittosporum cornifolium
whatitiri: Pomaderris phylicifolia
whau: Entelea arborescens Neopanax arboreum
whauama: Entelea arborescens
whaupaku: Neopanax arboreum
whauwhau: Neopanax arboreum Pseudopanax lessonii Hoheria glabrata
whauwhaupaku: Neopanax arboreum
whauwhi: Hoheria populnea H. glabrata Plagianthus betulinus
whawhakou: Eugenia maire
whe: Cyathea smithii
wheki: Dicksonia squarrosa
wheki-kohunga, wheki-ponga: Dicksonia fibrosa
wheuhi: Hoheria populnea
whinau: Elaeocarpus dentatus
whinau-puka: Elaeocarpus hookerianus
whiri o Raukatauri: Asplenium flaccidum and other ferns Lycopodium billardieri
wi: Poa caespitosa Juncus polyanthemos and similar spp.
wi kura: Danthonia raoulii
wiwi: Juncus polyanthemos J. maritimus and similar spp.
