Kohekohe
Kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile) is a medium-sized tree native to New Zealand. It is found in lowland and coastal forests throughout most of North Island and also occurs in the Marlborough Sounds in the north of the South Island. Mature trees grow up to 15m in height, with a trunk up to a metre in diameter. Kohekohe forest used to be common in damp coastal and lowland areas in the North Island, but these forests have mostly disappeared because the land was used for settlement or they were browsed by possums. A fairly close relative of true mahogany (Swietenia), it is also called New Zealand Mahogany. Kohekohe is notable for having characteristics normally associated with trees growing in the tropics, for example, its white flowers and red fruit grow directly from the trunk or branches (known as cauliflory), and it has large, glossy, pinnate leaves up to 40mm in length. Kohekohe is sometimes known as New Zealand Mahogany, because its wood is light, strong and polishes to a fine red colour.
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by: KeahiwaiIt's amazing how you can
Speak right to my heart.
Without saying a word
You can light up the dark.
Try as i may i could never explain,
What i hear when you don't say a thing.
The smile on your face
Let's me know that you need me,
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hands
Says you'll catch me if ever i fall
Now you say it best...
When you say nothing at all.
All day long i can hear
People talking out loud.
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd.
Old Mr. Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine.
The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me
there's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
the touch of your hands
says you'll catch me if ever i fall
Now you say it best...
when you say nothing at all.
The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me
there's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
the touch of your hands
says you'll catch me if ever i fall
Now you say it best...