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Karaka
 
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Birds

Trees

Other Wildlife


Corynocarpus laevigatus     New Zealand Laurel

karakaKaraka ripe fruit15m. A handsome coastal canopy tree with leathery glossy green leaves.

Flowering is from late winter through spring.

Berries ripen mid summer to autumn.

The very distinctive fleshy bright orange fruit was used by the Maori people for food. Unless treated properly though the kernel is deadly poisonous.  One of the few native trees cultivated by the Maori people.

Long term canopy tree.

 

 

Photography by Peter Craw © - karaka pannicle (left) and by Neil Davies © (fruit, right)


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