Horoeka (taratara)

Ko te  he rākau whakaruruhau nō te wao o Aotearoa. He tino rite ki te Horoeka. Ko te tū o tēnei rākau e mata ana, mē te pou. Ko ngā rau he taratara, whāiti, he mātotoru, he kōroaroa, he niniho, he tārewarewa. Kia pakari, kia mārō, kua porotaka ko te karamata, kua hahore ko te tīwai. Ko te āhua nei, kāhore kau tōna ingoa reo Māori ake, ki ngā tūpuna, he Horoeka tonu. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Pseudopanax ferox, ko te ingoa reo Pākehā he Toothed Lancewood.

Hoto ki waho
 New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, URL: Pseudopanax ferox, he mea kite i te 10 o ngā rā o Haratua, 2007.
Tohutoro
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 whakaruruhau o Aotearoa