A common tree with thin oval leaves, producing many small cream flowers and purple berries. The soft wood was used with kaikōmako for making fires. Melicytus ramiflorus.
Māhoe
[Eagle, Audrey Lily], 1926?- :Melicytus macrophyllus; large-leaved white-wood, Waitaker...
Date: 1967 - 1989
From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]
Reference: A-437-051
Description: Shows leaves, flowers, and berries of the mahoe or whiteywood. Artist's list: Flowers Oct. from a cult. plant. Berries from Waitakere Ra. 23.5.67 Appears on page 101 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Other Titles - Range; 23 May 1967 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 262 x 210 mm.
[Eagle, Audrey Lily], 1926?- :(Upper) Melicytus aff. ramiflorus ssp. "Three Kings" Pete...
Date: 1996 - 1998 - 1999
From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]
Reference: A-437-049
Description: Shows leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds of the subspecies peltatum of the kawakawa; and of the mahoe or whiteywood. Artist's list: M excelsum ssp peltatum f delangei: Flowering spike cult., orig from S.W.Is., Three Kings coll. 12.11.99. Male spike from N.E. I. 12.11.88 [99?], coll. Lisa Forester. Fruit N.E. I. 16.12.96, coll. Peter de Lange. Artist's list: Melicytus aff. ramiflorus: Female flowers 14.12.96 a cult. plant, Auckland. Reg. Bot. Gdn. supplied by Steve Benham. Males flowers 16.4.99 supplied by Lisa Forester. Fruit 19.4.96 from Great I. coll. Peter de Lange. Appears on page 97 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Other Titles - December Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 327 x 261 mm.
N.Z. flora - Kauri
Date: [ca 1970s-1980s]
From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip
Reference: PA12-7047
Description: Photographs of the New Zealand trees taken circa 1970s and 1980s by John Ingle. Views include long leaved mahoe berries; karo berries; kauri trees in the Trounson Kauri Park, by a layby, and in the Waipoua Forest, including the trees named Tane Mahuta (Lord of the Forest) and Te Matua Ngahere (Father of the Forest). Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm
[Holdsworth, Alice Mabel], 1878-1963 :Melicytus Lanceolatus; Mahoe Whali; variety of Wh...
Date: 1937
From: [Holdsworth, Alice Mabel] 1878-1963 :[Plants and scenery from a New Zealand trip] 1936-1937
Reference: E-252-q-005
Description: A branchlet of mahoe or whiteywood in leaf and berry Other Titles - Whiteywood Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in album. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 310 x 230 mm in grey buckram album
[Eagle, Audrey Lily], 1926?- :Melicytus ramiflorus, Claudelands Bush, 20 Oct. 1954. Out...
Date: 1954 - 1988 - 2000
From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]
Reference: A-437-050
Description: Shows leaves, flowers, berries and seeds of the mahoe. Artist's list: Flowers 20.10.55 from Claudelands Bush Hamilton. Berries March from Raglan. Outline of large leaf and details of berry Aug. 2000. Coll. A Eagle. Appears on page 99 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Other Titles - August Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 262 x 210 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Four bookmarks. 1930-1950s?]
Date: 1930 - 1959
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965
Reference: A-383-004
Description: Four bookmarks, showing: Mahoe, Pratia, Clematis, Maikuku orchid Quantity: 4 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Woodcuts on bookmarks mounted on board, 247 x 350 mm.
Brenkley, Hanna Eliza Jane, 1882-1972 :White wood. [1960-1961].
Date: 1960 - 1961
From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Native wild flowers, berries and weeds. 1960-1961.
Reference: E-164-q-066
Description: A branch of whiteywood (mahoe, melicytus ramiflorus) showing leaves and small purple berries Other Titles - Whiteywood, mahoe Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 246 x 310 mm
Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Whitey wood = Mahoe. March 27 1938.
Date: 1937
From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938
Reference: E-251-f-1-010
Description: A single branch of the Mahoe with small purple berries Inscriptions: the artist has inked over an earlier pencil inscription changing Whitey wood (the common name for mahoe) to Melvey Wood. The artist was resident in New Zealand as a young woman for two years and may have added the inked title after leaving New Zealand, misinterpreting her original text Other Titles - Melvey Wood Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour in album, page size, 255 x 361 mm
Burton Brothers (Dunedin), 1868-1898 :Featherston
Date: [ca 1886]
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 6
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PAColl-5932-19
Description: Looking through the branches of a Mahoe tree, towards Featherston. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers circa 1886. Dated at ca 1886 as BB-3399 was taken in 1886 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3401 - Featherston - Wairarapa Burton Bros. Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837?-1925 :[Melicytus ramiflorus, mahoe, or hinahina. 1890s?]
Date: 1890 - 1900
From: Harris, Emily Cumming 1837?-1925 :New Zealand flowers in colour. Volume 3 [1890s]
By: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837-1925
Reference: B-018-013
Description: A branchlet of mahoe or whiteywood in leaf and berry Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 353 x 296
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: 10. Melicytus ramiflorus. Forst. [Melicytus ramiflorus (V...
Date: [ca 1894-1899]
From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook
By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference: B-026-411
Description: Branch of mahoe showing leaves, flowers and berries. Includes detail of flower head. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Allan. p 192. M. ramiflorus. J.R. et G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl. 1776. Whitewood, Mahoe. Allan gives distribtion as Kermadecs, North, South & Stewart Is., but I have not seen it in latter place. S.N. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.
[Buchanan, John], 1819-1898 :Melicytus lanceolatus. Hook.fil. Drosera stenopetala. Hook...
Date: 1863
From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook
Reference: E-208-q-116
Description: Top: Drawing of Melicytus lanceolatus (narrow-leaved mahoe) with details of rudiment of pistillum, female and male flowers, anthers, stamen & sterile stamen, petal, ovray cut across, berry & berry cut across, pistil, seed & section of seed. Bottom: Drosera stenopetala with details of flower, petal, ovary & stamens, and single stamen. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 247 x 200 mm