another Maori name for the NewZealand trees called Mapau (q.v.).
1866. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand' (ed. 1886),p. 94:
«The varieties of matapo, a beautiful shrub, each leaf a study,with its delicate tracery of black veins on a yellow-greenground.»
1879. J. B. Armstrong, `Transactions of the New ZealandInstitute,' vol. xxi. art. xlix. p. 329:
«The tipau, or matipo (pittosporum tenuifolium), makes the bestornamental hedge I know of.»
1879. `Tourist,' `New Zealand Country Journal,' vol. iii.p. 93:
«An undergrowth of beautiful shrubs, conspicuous amongst thesewere the Pittosporum or Matipo, which are, however, local intheir distribution, unlike the veronicas, which aboundeverywhere.»