Ka whakatakina e te waituhi hōu ōna pakiaka ki Kariki Tahito, ki Theophrastus (c. 371–287 BCE), he ākonga nō Aristotle nāna i waihanga, i whakamārama hoki i te nui o ōna kaupapa, ā, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana i roto i te iwi pūtaiao he Matua o Botana"."