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|name = Tarata |
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|image = Lemonwood leaves.jpg |
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|genus = Pittosporum |
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|species = eugenioides |
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|authority = [[Allan Cunningham (botanist)|A.Cunn.]], 1840 |
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'''''Pittosporum eugenioides''''', [[common name]]s '''lemonwood''' or '''tarata''', is a species of [[New Zealand]] [[native plant|native]] tree. Growing to {{convert|12|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} broad, it is conical when young but more rounded in shape when mature.<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=1405332964|pages=1136}}</ref> Its leaves are mottled yellow-green with curly edges and a salient bright midrib, and have a strong lemony smell when crushed.<ref name="Orwin">{{cite web|title=Joanna Orwin. 'Shrubs and small trees of the forest - Pittosporums', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|url= http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/shrubs-and-small-trees-of-the-forest/page-8|accessdate=26 March 2014}}</ref> It has highly fragrant clusters of attractive yellow-cream flowers in spring, followed by distinctive black seed capsules.<ref name="Orwin"/> It is found throughout New Zealand's [[North Island|North]] and [[South Island]]s along forest margins and stream banks from sea level to {{convert|600|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Orwin"/> It is New Zealand's largest [[pittosporum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/trees-native-botanical-names-m-to-q/lemonwood.html|title=Pittosporum eugeniodes (Lemonwood)|access-date=26 January 2017|publisher=T.E.R:R.A.I.N - Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network}}</ref> |
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The binomial qualifier ''eugenioides'' means "resembling ''[[Eugenia]]''", a different genus of plants.<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Lorraine|title=RHS Latin for gardeners|year=2012|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781845337315|pages=224}}</ref> |
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The [[variegation|variegated]] [[cultivar]] 'Variegatum' has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pittosporum eugenioides'' 'Variegatum'|url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=5300|accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> |
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==Traditional uses== |
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Maori traditionally used the gum and crushed leaves and flowers of the tarata for scent,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_41/rsnz_41_00_003440.html|publisher= National Library of New Zealand|title=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961|volume=41|date=1908|page=234}}</ref> usually mixed with plant oils such as [[Alectryon excelsus|titoki]] and [[kohia]].<ref name="Orwin"/> |
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==References== |
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{{Commons category}} |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Pittosporum|eugenioides]] |
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[[Category:Trees of New Zealand]] |
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[[Category:Trees of mild maritime climate]] |
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