totara

Meaning

1. Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
2. Other species of genus Podocarpus.

Synonyms

Podocarpus totara

tea tree

African yellowwood

Outeniqua yellow wood

Outeniqua yellowwood

big yellowwood

forest canopy tree

podo

kanuka

mountain totara

kowhai

East African yellowwood

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tōtara, from Proto-Polynesian *tara (“barb, prong”), from Proto-Oceanic *tala, referring to its mature leaves which resemble spines of the spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix).