''Metrosideros perforata'', also known as white rata, climbing rata,

akatea Akatea is the Māori name for at least two different species of white-flowering climbing vine from New Zealand: *''Metrosideros albiflora ''Metrosideros albiflora'', also known as large white rātā, Northland white rātā, akatea or simply wh ...

or Akatorotoro, is one of twelve ''

Metrosideros ''Metrosideros'' is a genus of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, and vines mostly found in the Pacific region in the family Myrtaceae. Most of the tree forms are small, but some are exceptionally large, the New Zealand species in particular. The ...

'' species endemic to

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...

. It is one of three white flowering rātā vines (the others being large white rātā and white rātā). An example of a specific location of occurrence is within

's Hamilton Ecological District in association with such alliant understory plants as ''

Blechnum discolor ''Lomaria discolor'', synonym ''Blechnum discolor'', commonly called crown fern ( Māori: piupiu), is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. This species is endemic to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country ...

'', '' Blechnum filiforme'' and '' Doodia media''.C. Michael Hogan. 2009
''Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg

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perforata Endemic flora of New Zealand {{Myrtaceae-stub

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