CHR 594681 D – Phormium tenax 'Tākirikau'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594681 D
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 February 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Tākirikau'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Tākirikau'
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Hemerocallidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Landcare Research
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.640337 172.477044
Verbatim locality:
Landcare Research Experimental Gardens, Lincoln
Verbatim collector:
Sue Scheele
Standardised collector:
Sue Scheele
Verbatim date:
13/1/04
Start date:
2004-01-13
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No. 5.Source: Tauwhareparae, East Coast.Description: A favourite of the Ngati Porou. The term Tākirikau (like Tīhore) is applied to all the finer cultivars of flax which can be stripped of fibre without the use of a shell (i.e., with the fingers only). A very handsome flax, growing at times up to 3 metres high. Straight, very strong, pale yellowy-green leaves. Bright yellow-orange margin and keel. Erect, very high, heavy kōrari. Flowers red. Very short (< 60 mm) fat pods. Uses: A real whītau flax, producing long strands of strong, shiny fibre. Could be good for strong whenu (warp) in weaving. Very good piupiu flax, particularly for ladies piupiuEmDasheasy to prepare, has plenty of length and dries hard and very strong.Dries to a pale clear yellowy cream when boiled for one minute. Unboiled, has a little more greenish tone.
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