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Kaka-beak
Parrot’s beak
The Maoris of New Zealand call the parrot ‘kaka’. My striking red, clustered
flowers resemble the beak of a parrot, and that’s why I am called Kaka-beak.
I am a woody shrub from the pea family, and my long leaves are made up of
smaller opposing leaflets; my flowers are followed by large dangling pea pods.
My brother and I are New Zealanders. I live in Blast from
certain areas between Northland to Hawkes Bay, the past
North Island. My name is Kaka-beak. Discovered in 1769, by
Joseph Banks and Daniel
Solander, the Kaka-beaks
form the group Clianthus,
which in turn belongs to the
huge subfamily Faboideae,
comprising about fourteen
thousand members.
Life cycle: pe 2m;
rennial
Bio Height: up to
30–31
Parrot’s beak
The Maoris of New Zealand call the parrot ‘kaka’. My striking red, clustered
flowers resemble the beak of a parrot, and that’s why I am called Kaka-beak.
I am a woody shrub from the pea family, and my long leaves are made up of
smaller opposing leaflets; my flowers are followed by large dangling pea pods.
My brother and I are New Zealanders. I live in Blast from
certain areas between Northland to Hawkes Bay, the past
North Island. My name is Kaka-beak. Discovered in 1769, by
Joseph Banks and Daniel
Solander, the Kaka-beaks
form the group Clianthus,
which in turn belongs to the
huge subfamily Faboideae,
comprising about fourteen
thousand members.
Life cycle: pe 2m;
rennial
Bio Height: up to
30–31
