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Kaikōmako
''Pennantia corymbosa'', commonly known as kaikomako (from the Māori ), is a small dioecious tree endemic to New Zealand. Small, creamy flowers are produced between November and February, followed by a shiny black fruit in autumn. They are a favourite food of the New Zealand bellbird. The Māori name means food () of the bellbird (). Traditionally, Māori used the tree to make fire by repeatedly rubbing a pointed stick into a groove on a piece of māhoe. An English name is "duck's foot", coming from the shape of the juvenile plant's leaf. Juvenile plants have small leaves with tangled, divaricating stems, while mature plants have much larger leaves and a normal tree architecture. Description Identifying ''P. corymbosa'' is different at each stage of its life. As a seedling, Kaikōmako has cotyledons which are entire and oval shaped, and are about in size. As the plant grows, the first true leaves are about 9 x 8mm and are three-toothed. As a juvenile, the plant grows in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennantia Baylisiana
''Pennantia baylisiana'', commonly known as Three Kings kaikōmako or (Māori language, Māori), is a species of plant in the family Pennantiaceae (Icacinaceae in older classifications). It is Endemism, endemic to Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, around northwest of Cape Reinga, New Zealand. At the time of its discovery just endling, one plant remained. This single tree grows on a scree slope inaccessible to browsing goats, and has been called "the world's loneliest tree". The species was discovered in 1945 by botanist Geoff Baylis and described in 1948, although it took decades before it was it was fully accepted as a distinct species of ''Pennantia''. Although the only wild tree is female, it was successfully propagated from cuttings in the 1950s, one of which was induced to self-pollinate in 1985. Subsequent seed-grown plants have themselves set seeds, and the species has been replanted on the island, the adjoining mainland, and in public and private gardens around New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
