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Showing posts with label native. Show all posts
Showing posts with label native. Show all posts

Friday, 26 June 2020

Maori Medicine

For reading we read about plants and what they produce to cure people. We came across a page which involved a chart full of native medicinal plants. Here are some that I found interesting. 

Manuka: This plant features leaves, bark and seeds. The seeds are chewed for kidney problems and stomach aches. Leaves is infused for coughing, fever. Bark is used for diarrhoea. 
Karamu: The part used for this plant is leaves. They are applied to aches, pains, cuts, sores and bruises. 
Kawakawa: Leaves are used for this plant. This helps skin disease and boils. Which leaves are also used for toothache. 

Tuesday, 24 March 2020

What is Kauri Dieback?

Kauri is a native tree to New Zealand located in a forest. Dieback caused by microsopic fungus organisim called Phytopthora (PA) 

Kauir dieback can kill kauri of all ages as it lives in the soil and infects kauri roots. There's currently no proven cure or treatment meaning nearly all infected kauri die. Please keep our kauri trees 
safe and living.