Ko te Kawakawa he mauwha o Aotearoa. He matakawa ngā rau. He kurapango ngā rārā, he whāiti ngā hua, he rite ki te hua inohi. He pūataata te nuinga o ngā rau. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Macropiper excelsum; ko te ingoa reo Pākehā he Pepper Tree, engari he ingoa āhua tawhito tēnā.