? Cordyline australis Conservation status: Secure
Cabbage tree in flower, Dunedin Botanical Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Laxmanniaceae Genus: Cordyline Species: C. australis
Binomial name
Cordyline australis (Forst. f.) Hook. f.

The Cabbage tree of New Zealand (Cordyline australis), known as Tī kouka in Māori, is a monocotyledon endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 15 m tall, at first on a single stem, but dividing into a much-branched crown, each branch forking after producing a flowering stem. The leaves are sword-shaped, 40-90 cm long and 3-7 cm broad at the base, with numerous parallel veins. The flowers are creamy white, each flower small, about 1 cm diameter with six tepals, and produced in a large, dense cluster 50-100 cm long. The fruit is a white berry 5-7 mm diameter. Pic of a cabbage tree. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae The Monocotyledons or monocots are an extremely important group of flowering plants, dominating great parts of the earth and with many economically important plants. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... genera see text Laxmanniaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. ... Cordyline is a genus of woody plants in the family Agavaceae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Māori (or Maori or Te Reo) is the Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand, where it has official status. ... In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Look up perianth in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ...

Because their high carbohydrate content can be made digestible by cooking, they were a valuable food source for at least the first 800 years of the Māori occupation of the country. Radiocarbon dating points to use since about the year 1000. Related trees were probably valuable elsewhere in the South Pacific. Fern root was the only other substantial native carbohydrate source. Carbohydrates are chemical compounds that contain oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon atoms. ... For the Māori language, see Māori language. ... Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to ca 60,000 years. ... // Events World Population 300 million. ... Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands – mostly islands but often including Australia – in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. ... Classes Marattiopsida Osmundopsida Gleicheniopsida Pteridopsida A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly known as Filicophyta. ...

The Otago Peninsula is one place where archaeology has shown substantial use of the cabbage tree for food. Huge hollows, up to 7 m across, are the remains of "umu-ti" (cabbage-tree ovens). After cooking for 2 days, the bundles of young cabbage tree would be sun-dried, in which state they would keep for years. NASA satellite photo of Otago Peninsula and Otago Harbour. ... Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The Sun is the star at the center of Earths solar system. ...

Cabbage Tree at Piha

Cabbage trees also have value as fibre sources. The trunk and root material can be twisted into ropes, and the leaves can be woven for clothing and footwear fabrics. Juice from the plant has value for fighting infections. Early missionaries "brewed a tolerable beer from it". The commercial value remains to be fully examined. Possibilities are as a low-calorie sweetener (since it is twice as sweet as sugar) and as an ethanol source. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (810x1080, 342 KB) Summary A cabbage tree shot in Piha. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (810x1080, 342 KB) Summary A cabbage tree shot in Piha. ... Looking north over South Piha beach to Lion Rock. ... For the meaning of fiber in nutrition, see dietary fiber. ... Coils of rope used for long-line fishing A rope (IPA: ) is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is the worlds oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage. ... A calorie is a unit of measurement for energy. ... Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless chemical compound, one of the alcohols that is most often found in alcoholic beverages. ...

It is also widely planted as an ornamental tree, in New Zealand and also in western Europe (including the British Isles) and the west coast of North America. Because it tolerates cold weather better than many other tree-sized monocots, this plant is often planted by people wishing to give a tropical, exotic look to their yards or gardens. The overall visual effect is said by many to create a view reminiscent of a palm tree (it is occasionally even mis-named "Cornish palm", "Torbay palm" or "Manx palm" in the British Isles due to its extensive use within Torbay and as the official symbol of that area under its alternative identity, the English Riviera). Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland (usually) and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae (also known as Palmae), the Palm Family, is a family of flowering plants belonging to the monocot order, Arecales. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland (usually) and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... Torbay is an east facing bay at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. ... The standard tourism poster for Torbay. ...

A thesis on the uses of the tree was produced in about 1986 by scientist Barry L. Frankhauser. A documentary that includes an interview with him is in the New Zealand Television Archive and was broadcast in 2004 by Māori Television. Barry L. Frankhauser is an archaeologist who has worked in Australia and New Zealand. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mäori television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of te reo and tikanga Māori. ...

Since 1987, cabbage trees in New Zealand have been affected by a disease, which has been named "Sudden Decline", and usually leads to almost total defoliation of affected trees within 2-12 months. The causative organism of this is now known to be Phytoplasma australiense. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Phytopathology or Plant Pathology is the science of diagnosing and managing plant diseases. ... Species Candidatus Phytoplasma allocasuarinae Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Candidatus Phytoplasma castaneae Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis Candidatus Phytoplasma japonicum Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Candidatus Phytoplasma morrenia Candidatus Phytoplasma oryzae Candidatus Phytoplasma persicae Candidatus Phytoplasma pini Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Candidatus Phytoplasma rhamni Candidatus Phytoplasma spartii Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii Candidatus...