New Zealand Cabbage Tree - photos

Cabbage Tree	Flowering Tree	Mature Tree	Young Tree
Cabbage Tree	Mature Tree	Mature Tree	Rainforest

About theNew Zealand Cabbage Tree

The New Zealand Cabbage Tree is endemic to New Zealand. It resembles a palm tree despite not being a palm. It can grow as high as 9 metres (30 feet) and usually has many branches high up on trunk with few or no branches lower down. Leaves are long, narrow, and very strong and are accompaned by clusters of small white flowers in summer. The tree is hardy and drought tolerant making it a popular garden or street tree.

The Maori used the tree as a source of fiber and for medicinal purposes. The common name "cabbage tree" was given by early European settlers in New Zealand who used the inner leaves and stem as a cooked or raw vegetable.