Manoao ( MAH-noh-ow) is a monotypic genus of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. The single species, M. colensoi, the manoao (from Māori), silver pine, Westland pine, or white silver pine, is endemic to New Zealand. Before 1996 it was classified in genus Dacrydium or Lagarostrobos, but has recently been recognised as a distinct genus; some botanists still treat it in Lagarostrobos on the basis that it is not phylogenetically distinct from that genus.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Manoao being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Halocarpus biformis
- Lepidothamnus intermedius
- Lagarostrobos franklinii
- Halocarpus bidwillii
- Libocedrus bidwillii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Podocarpaceae
- Genus
- Manoao
- Species
- Manoao colensoi
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