Māori Plant Use

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Plant Use Details 

 
Libocedrus bidwillii. Pahautea.
FAMILY: Cupressaceae
BOTANICAL NAME: Libocedrus bidwillii
MĀORI NAME: PĀHAUTEA
 COMMON NAME: cedar
 DOMESTIC: Wallace 1989 found a fernroot beater, a maul and a teka made from Libocedrus spp. among museum artefacts he tested. Libocedrus is a light wood but increases its density when wet. Maul found waterlogged in a swamp. May have been kept wet to increase its usefulness (ibid: 226)
RECORD NUMBER: 1640