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The tutu, (commonly called toot) in flower [1842]

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Date

[1845]

Artist

Martha King (c. 1803-1897)

Collective Title

Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22685882

Description

Branch of the poisonous tree tutu, in flower.

The accompanying text reads: This shrub grows to the height of six or seven feet in the open country. Cattle are often poisoned by eating too freely of the plant. The seeds of the little berries which succeed this flower are highly poisonous; but the Natives make a wine from the berries, carefully straining the juice from the seeds. This wine is very sickly in taste.

A close copy of Martha King's watercolour "Tutu or Tupakihi" [1842], ref. A-005-008

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

New Zealand

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Category

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