Kunzea robusta, commonly known as rawirinui or kānuka,[1] is a tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to New Zealand. It has rough, stringy, or corky bark, lance-shaped leaves that are darker on the upper surface, flowers in compact groups of up to 30, each with five or six white petals, and about 35 stamens of varying lengths.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Rawirinui 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
- Kunzea ericoides
- Kunzea serotina
- Kunzea amathicola
- Kunzea tenuicaulis
- Leptospermum scoparium
- Kunzea linearis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Kunzea
- Species
- Kunzea robusta
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