North Island: Not uncommon along the shores from the Three Kings and the North Cape to Tairua and Raglan, rare and local further south. East Cape page 83district, Banks and Solander! J. Adams; Hawke's Bay, Colenso! Cape Palliser and Paikakariki, Kirk; Urenui, Taranaki, T. F. C. South Island: Collingwood, Hector; islands near Cape Farewell, Kingsley. Whau, Hauma. October–January.

Greedily eaten by cattle and horses, and consequently fast becoming rare on the mainland, except in comparatively inaccessible situations. It is still plentiful on most of the small outlying islands on the north-east coast of the Auckland District, often exhibiting great luxuriance. On Cuvier Island I measured leaves with petioles 2 ft. long, with a blade 1 ft. 6 in. diam. The wood is extremely light, the specific gravity being much less than that of cork. It is frequently used by the Maoris for the floats of fishing-nets.