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Plant Use Details
Carpodetus serratus
. Putaputawētā.
FAMILY:
Carpodetaceae
BOTANICAL NAME:
Carpodetus serratus
MĀORI NAME:
PUTAPUTAWĒTĀ, punawētā (Stewart Island -
Beever 1991
), putāwētā, piripiriwhata (
Buchanan 1869
,
Conservator of State Forests 1877
), piripiri wata (
Taylor 1855
), kai-wētā (
Best 1908
).
COMMON NAME:
Marble leaf; putaputaweta; white māpau Buchanan
NOTES:
Name means 'full of weta holes'. Wētā grubs tunnel it extensively (
Anderson 1954
).
DOMESTIC:
Among museum artefacts he tested
Wallace 1989
found a teka made of putaputawētā.
RECORD NUMBER:
1501
