mamaku
1. (noun) black tree fern, Cyathea medullaris - a giant tree fern with flattish oval frond scars on the trunk, black and very thick frond stalks and arching fronds. Common in damp forest gullies.
Mō te whēwhē, whakamahia ana e ia te iho o te mamaku me tana hūare ka ūkuikuia atu hoki ki tana rīngi mārena (TTR 1998:60). / For boils, she used the pith of the mamaku fern and her spittle rubbed with her wedding ring.
