Maori name for a New Zealandtree, sometimes called Cedar, Dysoxylum spectabile,Hook ( N.O. Meliaceae).
1883. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 127:
«Kohekohe. A large forest tree, forty to fifty feet high. Itsleaves are bitter, and used to make a stomachic infusion: woodtough, but splits freely.»