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Miro tree

Maori name: Miro

Common name: Brown pine

Botanical name: Prumnopitys ferruginea

The miro tree is found throughout New Zealand.

It grows to a height of around 25 metres.

Miro consists of small dark oval shaped leaves arranged in branch sets in two rows, with red juicy berries.

Oil was squeezed from the red miro berries and taken

by mouth to treat fever.

Miro gum was also warmed and inhaled for relief of bronchitis and sore throats.

Gum obtained from the bark was used to heal ulcers and stop bleeding.

Gum from the miro tree was used as a treatment for

eczema and was particularly useful as it stuck to the skin.