Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Schefflera digitata. Patē. Seven-finger.

Name document
Domestic
Dyes
Medicinal
Traditions

Click to collapse Māori names Info

Click to collapse Common names Info

Click to collapse Dyes Info

Dark juice of berries used as ink (Taylor 1870, Colenso 1868a)

Click to collapse Domestic Info

Wood used to obtain fire by friction. Used as base wood (Colenso 1868a).

Among museum artefacts he tested, Wallace 1989 found an adze socket and a teka made of patē.

Click to collapse Medicinal Info

Sap used on scrofulous sores and ringworm (Kerry-Nicholls 1886 ; Taylor 1870).

The leaves contain falcarindiol, which shows specific activity against skin fungi such as ringworm (Muir, Cole, Walker, 1982). Related pharmacology in Brooker, Cambie and Cooper (1987).

See Riley 1994 for information on medicinal uses of related plants elsewhere in the world.

Click to collapse Traditions Info

Tradition of Maui searching for trees to put fire into (White 1887; Vol II)

Click to collapse Related resources Info

Click to collapse Metadata Info

1e227227-aaf0-4742-bfbe-a6d51f414240
name
28 May 2007
2 July 2020
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top