Phormium tenax (called flax in New Zealand English; harakeke in Māori; New Zealand flax outside New Zealand; and New Zealand hemp in historical nautical...

Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster in 1775 from specimens of Phormium tenax collected by both Forsters and the Swedish naturalist Anders Erikson...

Tenax may refer to: The trademark name of Poly(2,6-diphenylphenylene oxide), a chemical compound Phormium tenax, a species of flowering plant A brand...

followed by twisted seed pods. It is less common than the other Phormium species, P. tenax or harakeke. Mountain flax is also called whararipi, whatariki...

Zealand flax describes the common New Zealand perennial plants Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi, known by the Māori names harakeke and wharariki respectively...

examples are the fiber of many grasses, Agave sisalana (sisal), Yucca or Phormium tenax, Musa textilis and others. Their cell walls contain, besides cellulose...

as fishing nets. The prepared fibre (muka) of the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) became the basis of most clothing. The flax leaves were split and woven...

carica Flax European flax – Linum usitatissimum New Zealand flax – Phormium tenax, Phormium colensoi Fluxroot – Asclepias tuberosa Foxglove – Digitalis purpurea...

bird–pollinated native plants include: kowhai (Sophora species), flax (Phormium tenax) and kaka beak (Clianthus puniceus). Flowers adapt the mechanism on...

weaving material is muka, fibre prepared from the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) by scraping, pounding and washing. The muka fibre was dyed using natural...

in the daisy family Asteraceae Phormium, New Zealand flax or flax lily Phormium tenax, flax or New Zealand flax Phormium colensoi, mountain flax or lesser...

Hemerocallis are cultivated as well. Hemerocallis citrina has medicinal uses. Phormium tenax is a traditional source of fiber in New Zealand.[citation needed] Some...

Originally, poi were most commonly made from harakeke (New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax) and raupō (Typha orientalis). Makers stripped and scraped flax to provide...

andreana): 12  3-Epi-isocucurbitacin D, from species of Physocarpus: 14  and Phormium tenax 22-Deoxocucurbitacin D from Hemsleya endecaphylla, 14 mg/72 g: 6  23...

of secateurs, and could clip the fibrous leaves of New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) and twigs up to at least 8 mm in diameter. Moa filled the ecological...

amounts of tapa cloth, so early Māori adopted the use of harakeke (Phormium tenax, or New Zealand flax) instead. By the 1770s, the primary use of tapa...

had learnt to cover the outside of the palisades with layers of flax (Phormium tenax) leaves, making them effectively bulletproof as the velocity of musket...

also a problem plant in Northumberland. New Zealand flax or harekeke (Phormium tenax) is an invasive species in St Helena, some Pacific islands and in Australia...

and "Deccan hemp" Manila hemp (Musa textilis), also known as abacá Phormium tenax, New Zealand hemp Roselle (plant) (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as "Roselle...

had learnt to cover the outside of the palisades with layers of flax (Phormium tenax) leaves, making them effectively bulletproof as the velocity of musket...

(Myriophyllum robustum). Wetlands bordering the lake contain flax (Phormium tenax) and spike sedge (Eleocharis acuta). Quintinia serrata Ascarina lucida...

0812-7387.27.2001.1348. Retrieved 11 June 2012. Coyne, Peter (2009). "Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax) — Norfolk Island native?" (PDF). Cunninghamia. 11...

cannons. A strong, wooden palisade was fronted with woven flax leaves (Phormium tenax) whose tough, stringy foliage absorbed much of the force of the ammunition...

gracilis) Pūkeko (Porphyrio porphyrio) Raupo (Typha orientalis), flax (Phormium tenax), and bamboo spike-sedge (Eleocharis sphacelata) are the principal plant...

the flowers of at least four species of plant: Metrosideros excelsa, Phormium tenax, Myoporum laetum and in one case Hebe bollonsii, although the structure...

blazon is: Crest Issuant out of a Mural Crown Or a representation of the Phormium tenax flowered proper. Escutcheon Argent, upon waves of the sea a two-masted...

americana (Naturalised) Cordyline obtecta Furcraea foetida (Naturalised) Phormium tenax Alliaceae Nothoscordum borbonicum (Naturalised) Araceae Colocasia esculenta...

site at Erebus Cove and covers neighbouring Ewing Island. Harakeke Phormium tenax is found at Erebus Cove, Sealer's Creek, Ranui Cove and Tandy Inlet...

Polynesian rat, and banana trees as evidence of their sojourn. The harakeke (Phormium tenax), or New Zealand flax plant, was brought to Norfolk Island either from...

Rhabdothamnus, Teucridium, Oreostylidium, Pachystegia, Haastia, Leucogenes, Phormium, Rhopalostylis, Lepidorrhachis, Hedyscepe, Howea, Sporadanthus, Aporostylis...