Kawakawa

Kawakawa
Scientific classification
Mātāmuatanga:	Plantae
Wehewehenga:	Magnoliophyta
Pūtoi:	Magnoliopsida
Pūtoi:	Piperales
Whānau:	Piperaceae
Puninga:	Macropiper
Momo:	M. excelsum
Binomial name
Macropiper excelsum (G.Forst.) Miq.

Ko te Kawakawa he mauwha o Aotearoa. He matakawa ngā rau. He kurapango ngā rārā, he whāiti ngā hua, he rite ki te hua inohi. He pūataata te nuinga o ngā rau. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Macropiper excelsum; ko te ingoa reo Pākehā he Pepper Tree, engari he ingoa āhua tawhito tēnā.