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- 4: Friends of Te Henui
- 4.1: Friends of Te Henui
- 4.2: About NZ National walkway "Te Henui"
- 4.3: Map of the walkway (Printable)
- 4.4: Videos of the walks in the Te Henui Valley
- 4.5: Aerial photograph showing tree positions, tracks and entrances.
- 4.6: Native Trees & Shrubs (Taranaki)
- 4.6.1: Agathis australis (Kauri)
- 4.6.2: Alectryon excelsus (Titoki)
- 4.6.3: Alepis flavida (Yellow mistletoe)
- 4.6.4: Aristotelia serrata (Wineberry, Makomako)
- 4.6.5: Beilschmiedia tawa (Tawa)
- 4.6.6: Brachyglottis greyi (Brachyglottis Sunshine)
- 4.6.7: Brachyglottis repanda (Rangiora)
- 4.6.8: Carmichaelia australis (NZ native broom)
- 4.6.9: Cassinia leptophylla (Silver Cottonwood)
- 4.6.10: Clianthus puniceus (Kaka Beak)
- 4.6.11: Cordyline australis (Cabbage Tree)
- 4.6.12: Cordyline banksii (Forest Cabbage Tree)orest)
- 4.6.13: Cordyline indivisa (Mountain Cabbage Tree)
- 4.6.14: Cordyline obtecta (Three Kings Cabbage tree)
- 4.6.15: Coriaria arborea (Tutu)
- 4.6.16: Coriaria plumose (Mountain TuTu)
- 4.6.17: Corokia cotoneaster (Korokio)
- 4.6.18: Coprosma Species
- 4.6.19: Coprosma acerosa 'Hawera'
- 4.6.20: Coprosma acerosa f. mangatangi (Coprosma 'Mangatangi')
- 4.6.21: Coprosma crassifolia
- 4.6.22: Coprosma linariifolia (Mikimiki)
- 4.6.23: Carpodeus serratus (Putaputaweta)
- 4.6.24: Coprosma lucida (Shiny Karamu)
- 4.6.25: Coprosma perpusilla (Creeping Coprosma)
- 4.6.26: Coprosma pseudocuneata
- 4.6.27: Coprosma repens (Taupata)
- 4.6.28: Coprosma robusta (Karamu)
- 4.6.29: Coprosma tenuifolia (Wavy leaved Coprosma)
- 4.6.30: Corynocarpus laevigatus (Karaka)
- 4.6.31: Dacrydium cupressinum (Rimu, Red Pine)
- 4.6.32: Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (Kahikatea,White pine)
- 4.6.33: Dodonaea viscosa (Akeake)
- 4.6.34: Dracophyllum filifolium (Needle-leaf grass tree)
- 4.6.35: Dracophyllum longifolium (Inaka)
- 4.6.36: Dracophyllum latifolium (Neinei, Spiderwood)
- 4.6.37: Dracophyllum traversii (Mountain neinei)
- 4.6.38: Elaeocarpus hookerianus (Pokaka)
- 4.6.39: Entelea arborescens (Whau, Corkwood)
- 4.6.40: Fuchsia excorticata (Tree Fuchsia)
- 4.6.41: Geniostoma ligustrifolium (Hangehange)
- 4.6.42: Griselinia littoralis (Broadleaf,Kapuka)
- 4.6.43: Griselinia lucida (Shining broadleaf)
- 4.6.44: Hebe salicifolia (Koromiko)
- 4.6.45: Hedycarya arborea (Pigeonwood)
- 4.6.46: Hoheria populnea (Lacebark)
- 4.6.47: Kawakawa (Macropiper excelsum)
- 4.6.48: Knightia excelsa (NZ Honeysuckle (NZ Honeysuckle)
- 4.6.49: Kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile)
- 4.6.50: Kunzea ericoides (Kanuka)
- 4.6.51: Kunzea ericoides var. microflora (Geothermal Kanuka)
- 4.6.52: Laurelia novae-zelandiae (Pukatea
- 4.6.53: Leptospermum scoparium (Manuka)
- 4.6.54: Leptospermum (Cultivars)
- 4.6.55: Lophomyrtus bullata (Ramarama)
- 4.6.56: Libocedrus bidwillii (Mountain Cedar)
- 4.6.57: Melicope ternata (Wharangi)
- 4.6.58: Melicytus lanceolatus (Narrow-leaved Mahoe)
- 4.6.59: Melicytus ramiflorus (Mahoe, Whitey wood)
- 4.6.60: Metrosideros excelsa (Crimson Pohutukawa)
- 4.6.61: Metrosideros excelsa 'Aurea' (Yellow Pohutukawa)
- 4.6.62: Metrosideros kermadecensis (Kermadec Pohutukawa)
- 4.6.63: Metrosideros umbellata (Southern Rata)
- 4.6.64: Metrosideros robusta (Northern Rata)
- 4.6.65: Meryta sinclairii (Puka)
- 4.6.66: Mida salicifolia (NZ Sandalwood)
- 4.6.67: Myoporum laetum (Ngaio)
- 4.6.68: Myrsine australis (Matipo)
- 4.6.69: Nestegis cunninghamii (Black Maire)
- 4.6.70: Nothofagus solandri (Black Beech)
- 4.6.71: Nothofagus truncate (Hard Beech)
- 4.6.72: Nothofagus fusca (Red Beech)
- 4.6.73: Olearia albida (Tanguru)
- 4.6.74: Olearia angulata
- 4.6.75: Olearia cheesmanii (Tree Daisy)
- 4.6.76: Olearia macrodonta (NZ Holly)
- 4.6.77: Pennantia corymbosa (Kaikomako)
- 4.6.78: Pseudowintera colorata (Horopito)
- 4.6.79: Pittosporum crassifolium (Karo)
- 4.6.80: Pittosporum eugeniodes (Lemonwood)
- 4.6.81: Pittosporum tenuifolium (Kohuhu)
- 4.6.82: Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Wrinkled Blue')
- 4.6.84: Plagianthus regius (Ribbonwood)
- 4.6.85: Podocarpus totara (Totara)
- 4.6.86: Pomaderris kumeraho (Gumdiggers soap, Kumerahou)
- 4.6.87: Prumnopitys ferruginea (Miro)
- 4.6.88: Pseudopanax arboreus (Five Finger, Puahou)
- 4.6.89: Pseudopanax “Trident” a cultivar
- 4.6.90: Pseudowintera colorata (Mountain Horopito)
- 4.6.91: Pseudopanax crassifolius (Lancewood)
- 4.6.92: Pseudopanax ferox (Savage lancewood)
- 4.6.93: Pseudopanax laetus
- 4.6.94: Phyllocladus aspleniifolius var. alpinus (Mountain Toatoa)
- 4.6.95: Phyllocladus trichomanoides (Celery Pine)
- 4.6.96: Rhopalostylis sapida (Nikau Palm)
- 4.6.97: Schefflera digitatal (Pate, Seven Finger)
- 4.6.98: Solanum laciniatum (Poroporo)
- 4.6.99: Sophora microphylla (Kowhai)
- 4.6.100: Streblus banksii (Large leaved milk tree, Turepo)
- 4.6.101: Tawheowheo (Quintinia serrata)
- 4.6.102: Vitex lucens (Puriri)
- 4.6.103: Weinmannia racemosa (Kamahi)
Current page is 4.6.104: Weinmannia silvicola (Towai)
- 4.6.105: Burls on trees
- 4.7: Native Trees & Shrubs not in Taranaki
- 4.8: Hebes and their cultivars and hybrids
- 4.9: Native Plants (Taranaki)
- 4.10: Native Plants not in Taranaki
- 4.11: Exotic Trees & Shrubs (Local)
- 4.12: Exotic Plants (Local)
- 4.13: Orchids (Local & NZ)
- 4.14: Ferns (NZ)
- 4.15: Weeds & Escapee Plants (Local & NZ)
- 4.16: Mushrooms,Fungi & Moulds (Local & NZ)
- 4.17: Lichens (Local & NZ)
- 4.18: Club Mosses (Local & NZ)
- 4.19: Mosses (Local & NZ)
- 4.20: Liverworts (Local & NZ)
- 4.21: Maori names of Native Trees
- 4.22: Traditional plant use by Maori
- 4.23: Birds (Local)
- 4.24: Butterflies and Moths (Local)
- 4.25: Fauna (Local and NZ)
- 4.26: Flies, Bees, Wasps (Local & NZ)
- 4.27: Botanical Terms Explained
- 4.28: Insects (Local and NZ)
- 4.29: Snails,Slugs,Worms (Local)
- 4.30: Spiders & Relations (Local)
- 4.31: Local Historic Maori Sites
- 4.32: Historical Maori Walkway Tour, Te Ara Puāwai o Te Hēnui
- 4.33: Te Henui Vicarage (Historic Place)
- 4.34: Kete Te Henui
- 4.35: Forest and Bird Society Native Tree Planting
- 4.36: Forest and Bird Restoration Project
- 4.37: Working Bee Photos 8/3/10
- 4.38: Local Activities
- 4.39: Local Weed Removal
- 4.40: NPCC Planting etc.
- 4.41: Walkway Signs,etc.
- 4.42: The Friends Gallery
- 4.43: Environmental Monitoring Projects
- 4.44: New Plymouth & Taranaki Web Links
- 4.45: Contact Us
- 4.46: Admin Login
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- 3: Taranaki Kiwi Trust
4: Friends of Te Henui
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- 6: Royal Forest and Bird Society, Taranaki
- 7: Rotokare Scenic Reserve
- 8: New Zealand Herpetological Society
Towai (Weinmannia silvicola)
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Weinmannia
Species: W. silvicola
Binomial name: Weinmannia silvicola
Common name: Towai, Tawhero
Towai grows up to 15 metres tall or more, with a trunk up to 1 metre in diameter. The bark is smooth ands the young twigs and leaves are hairy. The inflorescence at the branch tips are 8-12 cm. long racemes holding the individual flowers on pedicels that are 2-3mm. long. Flowering occurs spring to early summer. The capsules ripen through summer. The flowers are not overly perfumed and form usually high on a tall tree.
A similar tree is Kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa) but flowers are redder. The New Zealand honey bees visit this tree for pollen.
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