Native Plant Species Eaten By Kereru Scientific Name Common Name Maori Name Food Alectryon excelsus Tītoki F Aristotelia serrata Wineberry Makomako F/L Aristotelia hybrids Wineberry F/L Astelia fragrans Bush Astelia F Beilschmiedia tawa Tawa F Carpodetus serratus Marbleleaf Putaputawētā F/L Clematis paniculata New Zealand Clematis L Coprosma areolata Thin/Vein Leaved Coprosma L Coprosma “Black Cloud” L Coprosma lucida Glossy karamū Karamū F Coprosma propinqua Black scrub Mingimingi, mikimiki L Coprosma pseudocuneata F Coprosma repens Mirror Bush/Looking Glass Plant Taupata F Coprosma rhamnoides Twiggy Coprosma F Coprosma rotundifolia Round-Leaved Coprosma L Cordyline australis Cabbage Tree Tī kōuka, Tī rākau F Corokia spp. F Corynocarpus laevigatus Karaka F Dacrycarpus dacrydioides White Pine, Kahikatea Kahikatea F Dacrydium cupressinum Red Pine, Rimu Rimu F/L Elaeocarpus hookerianus Pōkākā F Fuchsia excorticata Tree Fuchsia Kōtukutuku Fl/L/F Griselinia littoralis Broadleaf Pāpāuma, Kāpuka L/F Hedycarya arborea Pigeonwood Porokaiwhiri F Hoheria angustifolia Narrow-leaved Lacebark L Hoheria glabrata Mountain Lacebark L Leptospermum scoparium Tea Tree Mānuka L Lophomyrtus bullata New Zealand Myrtle Ramarama F Lophomyrtus ‘kathryn’ F Lophomyrtus obcordata New Zealand Myrtle Rohutu F Manoao colensoi Silver Pine Manoao L Melicytus lanceolatus Narrow-leaved mahoe Māhoe-wao, hinahina L/Fl/F Melicytus micranthus Swamp mahoe Melicytus ramiflorus Whitey wood Māhoe L/Fl/F Metrosideros diffusa Climbing Rata, White Rata L Metrosideros umbellata Southern Rata Rātā L Myoporum laetum NZ Ngaio Ngāio, Kāio F Myrsine australis Māpou F Myrsine divaricata Weeping Matipo, Weeping Mapou F Nothofagus menziesii Silver Beech Tahina L/F Parsonsia capsularis New Zealand Jasmine L Parsonsia heterophylla Native Jasmine L Passiflora tetrandra New Zealand Passionfruit F Pennantia corymbosa Ducksfoot F/L Pittosporum eugenioides Lemonwood Tarata F Plagianthus regius Lowland Ribbonwood, Ribbonwood Manatū F Podocarpus nivalis Snow Totara F Podocarpus totara Totara Tōtara F F = Fruit/ and or Seeds Fl = Flowers L = Leaves and or Buds T= Twigs Native Plant Species Eaten By Kereru Podocarpus hallii Hall’s Totara Tōtara F Prumnopitys ferruginea Brown Pine Miro F/L Prumnopitys taxifolia Black Pine Mataī F Pseudopanax crassifolius Lancewood Horoeka F Pseudopanax ferox Fierce Lancewood, Toothed Horoeka F Lancewood Pseudowintera colorata Peppertree Horopito F Raukaua edgerleyi (ex Pseudopanax edgerleyi) Raukawa F Raukaua simplex (ex Pseudopanax simplex) Haumakōroa L Ripogonum scandens Supplejack Kareao F Schefflera digitata Seven Finger Patē F Solanum laciniatum Bullibulli Poroporo F Sophora spp. Kōwhai L/Fl Streblus heterophyllus Small-Leaved Milk Tree Tūrepo F Vitex lucens Pūriri F Weinmannia racemosa Kāmahi List approved by Department of Conservation Coastal Otago Area and Forest & Bird Dunedin on 12 October 2010 F = Fruit/ and or Seeds Fl = Flowers L = Leaves and or Buds T= Twigs .