Tangi

Excellent kete and whāriki cultivar.

	Source	Details
Cultivar No		67
Source
Description		Medium size bush with droopy leaves. Young leaves with orange smudging at the tip and wide orange margins in top 20 cms. Smudging turns brown and then disappears on mature leaves. Produces good length of leaves at a young age. Grows abundantly.
Uses		Excellent kete and whāriki cultivar.
Muka extraction		Muka extracted well and clean. Para stuck to fibre, needed to be scraped off with knife. Only small amount of muka extracted and broke off towards the tip of whenu.
Raranga - unboiled		Pliable, soft, but strong raranga cultivar.

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