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Tawa

Beilschmiedia tawa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 269, February 229, March 206, April 314, May 187, June 191, July 166, August 130, September 229, October 229, November 190, December 206.
New Zealand2,546
Wellington Region1,052
Waikato Region327
Auckland Region201
Bay of Plenty Region183
Northland Region159
Manawatu-Wanganui Region150
Taranaki Region140
Hawke's Bay Region111
Marlborough Region102

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderlaurels, spicebushes, and allies · Laurales
Familylaurels · Lauraceae
GenusBeilschmiedia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Tawa with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.