"I have seen it stated that coffee of fine flavour has been produced from the karamu, <i>coprosma lucida</i>."
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 132:
"Karamu. an ornamental shrub-tree; wood close-grained and yellow; might be used for turnery."
1887. T. F. Cheeseman, `Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,' vol. XX. art. xxii. p. 143:
"The first plant of interest noted was a new species of <i>coprosma</i>, with the habit of the common karamu."
1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 275:
"`Karamu' is applied by the Maoris to several species of <i>Coprosma</i>, amongst which, I believe, this [<i>C. arborea</i>] is included, but it is commonly termed `tree-karamu' by bushmen and settlers in the North."
1891. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' `New Zealand Country Journal,' vol. xv. p. 105:
"Of these fruits that of the karamu, (Coprosma lucida),
seemed to be amongst the first to be selected."
<hw>Kareau</hw> or <hw>Kareao</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for <i>Supplejack</i> (q.v.).