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mapau N.Z.|ˈmɑːpaʊ|
Also mapou.
[Maori.]
A name for several New Zealand trees, esp. Myrsine (or Suttonia) australis, of the family Myrsinaceæ, an evergreen bearing clusters of white flowers and black berries. Cf. matipo.
1868Trans. N.Z. Inst. I. 37 White Mapau or Piripiri⁓whata (Carpodetus serratus)... Red Mapau (Myrsine Urvillei). 1882W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. 198 The Mapau..affords good material for fencing. 1889T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 75 By the settlers it is frequently called ‘black mapou’ on account of the colour of the bark. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) i. iv. 57 The canoe also brought..a mapau (Myrsine urvillei) named Ateateahenga to be used in planting ceremonies. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) IV. 2057/2 S[uttonia] australis. Mapou. Evergreen tree 10 to 20 ft., or a tall shrub. 1963Poole & Adams Trees & Shrubs N.Z. 166 M[yrsine] australis... Mapou. |