Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani. Kāpūngāwhā. Wāwā.
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Previous names
Previous names
Schoenoplectus validus, Scirpus lacustris
Māori names
kāpūngāwhā, kōpūngāwhā, kōpūpūngāwhā, kuta, kūkuta, kutakuta, wāwā, kūwāwā, pūwāwā; paopao, papao (all recorded in Williams 1971)
Common names
Fibre
Weaving. Plaiting. See also Eleocharis.
Domestic
Stems used in plaiting of floor-mats (Te Rangi Hiroa 1923)
Medicinal
See also Eleocharis.
Leaf juice used in attempt to cure blindness (Taylor 1870).
Related pharmacology and chemistry in Brooker, Cambie and Cooper 1987.
See also Riley 1994 for information on medicinal uses of related plants elsewhere in the world.
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28 May 2007
12 June 2020
