Forest Cabbage Tree

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Cordyline banksii

Forest Cabbage Tree, a reference photo
Photo: tanetahi · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Cordyline banksii, commonly known as the forest cabbage tree or by its Māori name tī ngahere, is a monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. The specific epithet banksii refers to the 18th-century botanist Joseph Banks.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Forest Cabbage Tree 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Species
Cordyline banksii

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