Matagouri

Discaria toumatou, commonly called matagouri, tūmatakuru, or wild Irishman, is a tangle-branched thorny shrub endemic to New Zealand. It is common throughout the South Island and is less common in the North Island.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Matagouri 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

• Coprosma propinqua
• Melicytus alpinus
• Olearia adenocarpa
• Melicytus angustifolius
• Olearia odorata
• Melicytus flexuosus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rhamnaceae

Genus

Discaria

Species

Discaria toumatou

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