🌀Māori Rongoa
Rātā Bark
Metrosideros robusta
About Rātā Bark
Rātā Bark (Metrosideros robusta) is a herb used in the Māori Rongoa tradition to help with Diarrhea, Sore Throat, Wound Healing, and Fever. The bark is the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta) is a huge forest tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 25 metres (82 ft) or taller, and usually begins its life as a hemiepiphyte high in the branches of a mature forest tree; over centuries the young tree sends descending and girdling roots down and around the trunk of its host, eventually forming a massive, frequently hollow pseudotrunk composed of fused roots. In disturbed ground, or where there are gaps...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Bark · both