Houhere
Ko te Houhere he rākau whakaruruhau ririki o Aotearoa, kei Te Ika-a-Māui e tupu ana. Hei te ngahuru mā tonu ēnei rākau i ngā pua. Ko ingoa pūtaiao he Hoheria populnea. I ngā wā o mua, tīhorea ai te kiri o te Houhere, ka whiria hei tauri whakapaipai, ka mau ki ngā waewae. Ka whakamahia anō ki te whakapaipai taiaha hoki anō. Ki ētahi, ko te Houhi kē te ingoa reo Māori. He ingoa anō ki te reo Pākehā, arā he Lacebark, he Ribbonwood rānei.
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Puninga: | Hoheria
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Momo: | Hoheria populnea A. Cunn.
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Tohutoro
takatā- Metcalf, Laurie, 2002. A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand. Tāmaki-makau-rau: New Holland.
- Salmon, J.T., 1986. The Native Trees of New Zealand. Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara: Heinneman Reed.