The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66
Genus—Weinmannia, Linn
Genus—Weinmannia, Linn.
Weinmannia racemosa, Forst.
Towhai, Kamahi.—A large tree; trunk 2ft. to 4ft. in diameter, and 50ft. high. Wood close-grained and heavy, but rather brittle; page 110 might be used for plane-making and other joiners' tools, block-cutting for paper and calico printing, besides various kinds of turnery and wood-engraving. The bark of this tree is largely used for tanning. The extract of bark is chemically allied to the gum kino of commerce, their value being about equal. Grows in the middle and southern parts of the North Island and throughout the South Island.