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Māori name tawa

Beilschmiedia tawa

Māori name tawa

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Beilschmiedia tawa, commonly known as the Māori name tawa, is a New Zealand broadleaf tree common in the central parts of the country. Tawa is often the dominant canopy tree species in lowland forests in the North Island and the north east of the South Island, but will also often form the subcanopy in primary forests throughout the country in these areas, beneath podocarps such as kahikatea, mataī, miro and rimu. Individual specimens may grow up to 30 m (98 ft) or more in height, with trunks up to 1.2 m in diameter, and they have smooth dark bark.

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Family
Lauraceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Beilschmiedia tawa
Slug
beilschmiedia-tawa
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Beilschmiedia
Species
tawa
Wikidata QID
Q1955922
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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