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The cabbage tree Cordyline australis, known as TÄ« rÄÂkau or TÄ« kÃ…Âuka (and, more rarely, whanake) in the MÄÂori language is a monocotyledon endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 15 m tall, at first on a single stem, but dividing into a much-branched crown; each branch may fork after producing a flowering stem. The leaves are sword-shaped, 40 to 90 cm long and 3 to 7 cm broad at the base, with numerous parallel veins. The...
