FAMILY: Loranthaceae Mistletoe family

BOTANICAL NAME: Tupeia antarctica

PREVIOUS NAMES: Viscum pubigerium; Viscum antarcticum

MĀORI NAME: kohuorangi, tāpia, pirita, pirinoa (all in PlantsWilliams 1971); puka, tīrauriki (PlantsDetailsTaylor 1855)

COMMON NAME: mistletoe

NOTES: May be found on almost every species of tree and shrub round Dunedin (Buchanan 1869). It is found on kahikatea and the pukatea; it bears a blue berry (in Taylor 1855).

MEDICINAL: See Riley 1994 for information on medicinal uses of related plants elsewhere in the world.

FOOD: Berries eaten (PlantsDetails.Best 1903, PlantsDetails.1908, PlantsDetails.1942)

LINK WORDS: Dacrycarpus, Laurelia