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Afrikaans: 'n Rimuboom (geelhoutfamilie: Podocarpaceae) afgeneem op die Tawa-lus van die Manawatu-kloofvoetpad. Hierdie boom is seker bykans 600 jaar oud! Die weer was oortrokke, maar daar was net genoeg lig om die baspatrone na vore te bring. ‘Rimu’ of ‘limu’ beteken seewier in Polinesiese tale, en hierdie boom is vernoem na sy fyn blare, wat soos hangende seewier lyk. In inheemse woude van die laeland- en berggebiede troon die rimu bo ander bome uit, met fyn treurloof en rooi bas wat in groot skilfers afval. Hierdie sogenaamde 'rooidenne' van die Europese setlaars, is so genoem weens die hout, gom en sap wat alles rooi van kleur is. In Māori-mitologie word die rooi kleur toegeskryf aan die bloed van Tunaroa, 'n reuse-paling wat deur Māui doodgemaak is. Die hout is deur die Māori gebruik vir wapens, gereedskap en waka. As die hout verbrand is, het dit 'n kenmerkende geur en min rook afgegee, en is aldus as 'n goeie middel beskou om bose geeste te verdryf. Europese setlaars het rimu uiteenlopend gebruik vir bouwerk en meubels, veral suid van die Waikato, waar kauri nie gegroei het nie. Dit is nou 'n beskermde spesie, en kan nie op openbare grond geoes word nie, alhoewel daar sekere selektiewe benutting in volhoubaar bestuurde private woude plaasvind. Die rimuboom dra net elke paar jare vrugte, en dan in oormaat in jare met gunstige weer. Die vrugte word aan die takke se eindepunte gedra, wat dit moeilik en gevaarlik maak om te oes, maar dit is tog deur die Māori as 'n voedselbron benut. Die broeisukses van die bedreigde inheemse papegaai, die kākāpō, staan in noue verband met jare waarin rimubome 'n hoë vrugopbrengs lewer. Daar word gesê dat die onryp rimuvrug 'n afrodisikum is vir die mannetjies en wyfies, terwyl die ryp vrugte voldoende voeding vir groeiende kuikens bied.
English: Photographed on the Tawa Loop of the Manawatu Gorge Track. This tree is probably around 600 years old! It had clouded over but there was just enough light to bring out the patterns in the bark.
‘Rimu’ or ‘limu’ means seaweed in Polynesian languages, and this tree is named for its fine leaves, which look like drooping seaweed. In native forest, the rimu towers over other trees in lowland and mountain areas, with its fine, weeping leaves and red bark that falls off in large flakes. Known as ‘red pine’ by European settlers, it was a good description for the wood, gum and sap of the tree, which all have a red colour. In Māori mythology the red is attributed as the blood of Tunaroa, a giant eel slain by Māui. Wood was used by Māori for weapons, tools and waka. When the wood was burned it had a distinctive aroma and little smoke, so was thought to drive off evil spirits. European settlers used rimu extensively for building and furniture, particularly south of the Waikato, where kauri didn’t grow. It is now a protected species, and can’t be logged on public land, though there is some selective felling on sustainably managed private forests. The rimu tree only fruits every few years, and produces a bumper crop, or mast crop, in years with the right weather conditions. Fruit forms on the very end of the branches, making it dangerous to harvest, but it was used as a food source by Māori. The breeding success of the endangered native parrot, the kākāpō, is closely tied to the years that rimu trees have a high fruit yield. It is said that the unripe rimu fruit is an aphrodisiac for male and female kākapo, and the ripe fruit is a complete meal for growing chicks. |
| Date | 14 June 2021, 13:48 (according to Exif data) |
| Source | NZ Native Rimu - Manawatu Gorge Track |
| Author | Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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