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Metrosideros excelsa
''Metrosideros excelsa'' (pōhutukawa, New Zealand pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree) is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow or white) flowers made up of a mass of stamens. The pōhutukawa is one of twelve ''Metrosideros'' species endemic to New Zealand. Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, it has found an important place in New Zealand culture for its strength and beauty and is regarded as a chiefly tree (') by Māori. The blossom of the tree is called '.〔
==Etymology==
The generic name ''Metrosideros'' derives from the Ancient Greek ' or "heartwood" and ' or "iron". The species name ''excelsa'' is from Latin ''ラテン語:excelsus'', "highest, sublime". ' is a Māori word. Its closest equivalent in other Polynesian languages is the Cook Island Māori word ', referring to a coastal shrub with white berries, ''Sophora tomentosa''.〔(Polynesian Lexicon Project Online, entry
*poo-futu-kawa )〕 The ''-hutu-'' part of the word comes from ', the Polynesian name for the fish-poison tree (''Barringtonia asiatica''),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Entries for FUTU [AN] Fish-poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica) | Polynesian Lexicon Project Online, entry
*futu )〕 which has flowers similar to those of the pōhutukawa.
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