[The Maori name.] A tall and handsome forest tree of New Zealand, Beilschmiedia (Nesodaphne) Tawa, N.O. Lauraceæ, with damson-like fruit; allied to the Taraire, but inferior as timber.
1866. Treas. Bot., 786/1. Called Tawa by the natives.
1883. J. Hector, Handbk. N. Zealand (1886), 106. Tawa, a lofty forest tree 60 ft. to 70 ft. high, with slender branches. The wood is light, and soft, and is used for making butter-kegs.
