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Kohekohe

Maori name is kohekohe

Common name is the native cedar

Botanical name is dysoxylum spectabile

The Kohekohe grows in the North

Island and northern parts of the South Island and can grow to a height of 15 meters.

During June kohekohe produces small

white flowers which grow into thick leathery orange-red fruit that contain scarlet coloured seeds.

The leaves, bark and fruit of the kohekohe provide a range of medicinal uses

including treating colds, sore throats, tuberculosis, haemorrhages, boils and infected wounds .

Kohekohe leaves were boiled and the liquid was then used as a gargle for sore throats and an inhalation for colds and fevers.

The extract obtained from boiled kohekohe leaves was used as a wash for boils.