Akatea is the
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
name for at least two different species of white-flowering
climbing vine from
New Zealand
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Metrosideros albiflora
''Metrosideros albiflora'', also known as large white rātā, Northland white rātā, akatea or simply white rātā, is a forest liane or vine endemic to New Zealand. It is one of three white flowering rātā vines (the others being white rāt� ...
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Metrosideros perforata''
Nfnz d121 metrosideros albiflora.jpg, ''Metrosideros albiflora''
Metrosideros_perforata_12.JPG, ''Metrosideros perforata''
References
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Flora of New Zealand
Trees of New Zealand