Māwhai
Ko te Māwhai he aka o Aotearoa. He rite te āhua o ngā rau o tēnei aka māroharoha ki ō te kamokamo, ki ō te kūkama rānei. Kei ngā ngahere ki tātahi e tupu ana, kei te māheuheu hoki. He mā ngā pua. He taratara, he ririki ngā hua. Ko ngā kāwai he totoro te tupu. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Sicyos australis, ko te ingoa reo Pākehā he Ambush vine.
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Puninga: | Sicyos
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Momo: | S. australis
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Sicyos australis Endl.
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Hoto ki waho
takatā- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, URL: Sicyos australis, he mea kite i te 22 o ngā rā o Haratua, 2007.
- He whakaahua, he konae mō Māwhai kei te Wikimedia Commons.
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.