Laurelia novae-zelandiae
plant
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Laurelia novae-zelandiae is used in New Zealand for boat building and furniture making. It yields a light, hard wood that is difficult to split and that dents rather than breaks upon impact. The bark contains an alkaloid, pukateine (after pukatea, the Maori name for the…
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