1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 192:
"The wood of the manoao is of a light-brown colour."
<hw>Manucode</hw>, <i>n</i>. The word is in English use for the bird-of- paradise. It is Malay (<i>manuk-dewata</i> = bird of the gods). The species in Australia is <i>Manucodia gouldii</i>, Grey. See also <i>Rifle-bird</i>.
<hw>Manuka</hw>, <i>n</i>. the Maori name for <i>Tea-tree</i> (q.v.). Properly, the accent is on the first syllable with broad <i>a</i>. Vulgarly, the accent is placed on the second syllable. There are two species in New Zealand, <i>white</i> and <i>red</i>; the first, a low bush called Scrub-Manuka, <i>L. scoparium</i>, R. and G. Forst., the <i>Tea-tree</i> used by Captain Cook's sailors; the second, a tree <i>Leptospermum ericoides</i>, A. Richard.
1840. J. S. Polack, `Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders,' p. 258:
"This wood, called by the southern tribes <i>manuka</i>, is remarkably hard and durable, and throughout the country is an especial favourite with the natives, who make their spears, paddles, fishing rods, etc., of this useful timber."
1842. W. R. Wade, `Journey in Northern Island of New Zealand,' p. 75:
"The Manuka, or, as it is called in the northern part of the island, Kahikatoa (<i>leptospermum scoparium</i>), is a mysterious plant, known in Van Diemen's Land as the tea tree."
1843. E. Dieffenbach, `Travels in New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 28:
"The manuka supplies the place of the tea-shrub."