Like leafy colanders, the leaves of kawakawa, the northern pepper tree, let sunlight fall to the forest floor on Kapiti Island through myriad holes left by browsing caterpillars. Kawakawa has many medicinal properties, and Maori used the plant to treat everything from cuts to rheumatism. When burnt, the leaves also keep insects at bay.
DAVE HANSFORD
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Forest and Bird, Issue 308, 1 May 2003, Page 12
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56Like leafy colanders, the leaves of kawakawa, the northern pepper tree, let sunlight fall to the forest floor on Kapiti Island through myriad holes left by browsing caterpillars. Kawakawa has many medicinal properties, and Maori used the plant to treat everything from cuts to rheumatism. When burnt, the leaves also keep insects at bay. DAVE HANSFORD Forest and Bird, Issue 308, 1 May 2003, Page 12
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