[Maori.] A small tree of New Zealand, Coriaria ruscifolia; = TOOT sb.5
1867. E. Sauter, trans. Hochstetter’s N. Zealand, vii. 139, note. The Toot-plant, Tutu or Tupakihi of the Maoris (Coriaria sarmentosa, Forst. = C. ruscifolia, L.).
1883. J. Hector, Handbk. N. Zealand, 131. Tupakihi, Tree Tutu.
