bastard ironwood

English

Glossy leaves and bright orange to purple/black fruit.

Bastard ironwood (tawapou) trees.

Noun

bastard ironwood (plural bastard ironwoods)

1. Pouteria costata, a coastal tree native to New Zealand and Norfolk Island (Australia), in New Zealand also called the tawapou; its leathery leaves have prominently raised primary nerves/veins, and branches exude a milky fluid if cut.

Translations

Pouteria costata tree of New Zealand and Australia

• Maori: tawāpou
• Niuean: kalaka
• Tongan: kalaka