Tupapa.—Lagenophora Forsteri. Native daisy.
Tutu.—Coriaria ruscifolia. A frequent shrub with glossy leaves and pendulous clusters of purple fruit, the seeds of which are poisonous as well as the foliage; produces a black dye.
Waewaekaka.—Gleichenia hecystophylla.
Wharangi.—Melicope ternata. A broad-leaved, poisonous shrub, very common in the forests of the Whanganui and Western Taupo.
Creeping, Climbing, and Parasitic Plants.
(Common throughout the interior.)
Aka.—Metrosideros buxifolia.
Kareao.—Rhipogonum scandens. A climbing wiry vine, the "supple Jack" of the colonists; leaves three to five inches long, linear, ovate; often grows in entangled masses, abundant in all the forests; largest specimens found in the swampy forests of the Whanganui. A decoction of the root forms a good substitute for sarsaparilla.
Kiekie.—Freycientia Banksii. A plant producing an edible flower and fruit.
Kohia.—Parsiflora tetrandra. A climbing plant.
Kowharawhara.—Astelia Banksii. A parasitical broad-leaved grass, growing in tufts on trees, bearing an edible berry.