Harakeke
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Harakeke
$20.00 Add to cartPrint Size: 210mm x 297mm
Material: Card
New Zealand Flax, known by the Māori names Harakeke. Flax bushes will often support a large community of animals, providing shelter and an abundant food resource.
Although the Māori made textiles from a number of other plants, the use of harakeke and wharariki was predominant.
For centuries, Māori have used Harakeke for medicinal purposes, as a mild anaesthetic, poultice for boils, tumours, as well as to varicose ulcers. It also use as disinfectant and abscesses, relieve constipation, expel worms. The gum-like sap produced by Harakeke contains enzymes that give it blood clotting and antiseptic qualities to help healing processes.
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Harakeke – card
$5.00 Add to cartHarakeke print on greeting blank card with a white envelope.
Size: 105mm x 148mm (A6)
Envelope size: 114mm x 162mm (C6)
