Species

Tremella tawa

Etymology

tawa: From a Proto Eastern Malayan-Polynesian word for Beilschmiedia tawa, which is thought to have originally come from New Guinea. The modern Maori word tawa 'to be purple' is probably derived from the purple fruits of this tree

Qualifiers

2009 - OL

Flora Category

Fungi - Native

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010