🌀Māori Rongoa
Tawapou Leaf
Pouteria costata
About Tawapou Leaf
Tawapou Leaf (Pouteria costata) is a herb used in the Māori Rongoa tradition to help with Skin Health, Wound Healing, Fever, and Digestive Issues. The leaves are the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Pouteria costata is a small coastal tree native to the northern North Island (New Zealand) and to Norfolk Island (Australia). In New Zealand, its common name is Tawāpou (from Māori); on Norfolk Island it is called bastard ironwood. The name costata is from the Latin costatus (ribbed), a reference to the prominently raised primary nerves of the leaves. Pouteria is a genus of approximately 300 species in the tropics of America, Asia, Australia and the Pacific....
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Leaves · both