Kahikatea

Ko te Kahikatea he rākau whakakake o Aotearoa. He rākau tino roa. E mata ana he rite ngā rau ki o te miro, he kōekoeko te tupu. Kia pakari, kua rite ngā rau ki o te rimu. Ko ngā kākano he pango, he karaka te koroi.
Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (A.Rich.) de Laub. Plants of the World Online. 2024.

Ko te ingoa o tēnei tipu tūātia ka maumahara ki tīwai tika me kākano kura o te rākau kahika (Syzygium malaccensis) i ngā whenua pārūrū o te Ao-o-Kiwa.Rhys Gardner (2005). "A botanist follows a linguist through the New Zealand bush: origins of Maori plant-names". Auckland Botanical Society Journal. 60 (1). Ng. wh. 28–31.Proto-Polynesian Etymologies: *Kafika. Te Mära Reo: The Language Garden. Benton Family Trust. 2024. Ko te ingoa i te reo Pākehā he White Pine.

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Tohutoro

Ngā pukapuka tumu
Metcalf, Laurie, 2002. A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand. Tāmaki-makau-rau: New Holland.
Salmon, J.T., 1986. The Native Trees of New Zealand. Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara: Heinneman Reed.

Category:Rākau whakakake o Aotearoa