Maori name [shortened into kaikomako] for a New Zealand timber, Pennantiacorymbosa, N.O. Olacineae; called also Ribbonwood (q.v.).
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 130:
«Kahikomako, a small, very graceful tree, with whitesweet-smelling flowers; height twenty to thirty feet.Wood used by the Maoris for kindling fires by friction.»