parapara
1. (noun) coastal five finger, Pseudopanax lessonii - a native tree with toothed leaves arranged in a hand-shape with 3-5 stalkless 'fingers' of glossy leaves with a raised midvein. Small, black seeds are in loose clusters. Found in coastal scrub and forest of northern North Island.
See also houpara
Synonyms: houparapara, houmāpara, whauwhau
2. (noun) parapara, Pisonia brunoniana, bird-catcher tree - a native shrub of quick, rather soft growth carrying leaves up to 40 cm long of dark glossy green with nodular ridges down the length of the fruit that secrete a sticky substance.
He tikanga tā Ngāti Porou ki te tango i te hinu mai i ngā kākano o te parapara mā te koromamao, te paopao me te penupenu i ngā kākano (Te Ara 2012). / The Ngāti Porou tribe had a practice of extracting the oil from the seeds of parapara by steaming, pounding and pressing them.
Synonyms: pūhāureroa, pūwhāureroa
