Matagouri/tūmatakuru: Native plants - Department of …
Matagouri, tūmatakuru, tūmatakuri, tūturi, or wild Irishman is a thorny bush or small tree that can grow up to six metres high. It has very small leaves, small greenish-white flowers and characteristic spines that may be several cm long. Matagouri is found only in New Zealand and it has no close relatives here, although related species are ...
Matagouri (Discaria toumatou) - iNaturalist
Discaria toumatou, commonly called matagouri, is a tangle-branched thorny plant endemic to New Zealand. An alternative but less used name for the plant is 'wild Irishman'. The name matagouri is how speakers of English heard the South Island pronunciation of the Māori name 'matakoura'. It is also known as tūmatakuru.
Matagouri / Discaria toumatou - MyNativeForest
2024年3月4日 · Matagouri is a native shrub or small tree that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a hardy and spiny plant that typically grows in dry, rocky, and exposed habitats. Matagouri has a distinctive appearance with tangled, wiry branches covered in small, sharp thorns.
Discaria toumatou - Wikiwand articles
Discaria toumatou, commonly called matagouri, tūmatakuru, or wild Irishman, is a tangle-branched thorny plant endemic to New Zealand.
The biology of matagouri - Semantic Scholar
TLDR. A physiological study of co‐occurring fully deciduous and semideciduous trees in the South Island established that higher growing‐season productivity of Fuchsia compensated for carbon gain forgone over winter, which suggests both are, in part, adaptations to stressful climates by plants with high‐productivity leaves.
matagouri | NZES
matagouri. Hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna) Populations in Mid-Canterbury. Hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna) is a naturalised tree that is classified as a noxious plant in several counties in the eastern South Island.
Discaria toumatou (Discaria toumatou, Matagouri, New Zealand Matagouri …
Discaria toumatou is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae. Common names include Discaria toumatou, Matagouri & New Zealand Matagouri. Find more on description, Uses & Benefits here.
Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile | Discaria toumatou
(Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 47 (1852) = Notophaena toumatou Miers (1860) Etymology: The epithet toumatou is a corruption of the Maori word tūmatakuru, a Maori name for the plant. Vernacular Name (s): Matagouri; Tūmatakuri; Tūmatakuru; Tūturi; Wild Irishman. Description.
Matagouri - an introduction - EurekaMag
This paper introduces a series of papers selected from a workshop on matagouri (Discaria toumatou) convened by 3 catchment authorities (North Canterbury, South Canterbury and Waitaki) and held at Lake Tekapo, New Zealand in 1985.
Matagouri spines – Shrublands – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New …
Matagouri or wild Irishman (Discaria toumatou) is the only native plant with thorns. A drought-tolerant divaricating shrub, it is widespread in the eastern South Island and Central Otago. Matagouri is uncommon in the North Island, growing in only a few coastal sites.