tauhinu
1. (noun) cottonwood, Ozothamnus leptophyllus - also called tauhinu korokio and tauhinu koromiko. A native tree with greyish-green, small leaves with fine white hair underneath and curled edges. Flowers are cream and in clusters and occur throughout summer. Found in both the North and South Islands from coastal to lower montane shrubland and grassland.
2. (noun) tauhinu, Pomaderris phylicifolia - shrub to 1 m tall with leaf margins incurved. Locally very common in northern North Island. A small shrub to 1.5m tall with hairy twigs bearing masses of small narrow wrinkled leaves and clusters of white to pale yellow flowers. Leaves 10-30mm long by 3-10mm wide, margins inrolled, underside fuzzy. Fruit dry, small.
