Brachyglottis repanda

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image_caption = Illustration of "Brachyglottis repanda"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Brachyglottis"
species = "B. repanda"
binomial = "Brachyglottis repanda"
binomial_authority = J.R.Forster & G.Forster

Rangiora or Bushman's friend ("Brachyglottis repanda") is a small, bushy tree or tall shrub endemic to New Zealand. It grows to a height of 5 to 7 metres. The large leaves with a soft furry underside have been referred to as "Bushman's toilet paper".

Although it has a single English vernacular name, in Māori it is variably known as Kōuaha, Pukapuka, Pukariao, Puke-rangiora, Rangiora, Raurākau, Raurēkau, Whārangi, or Whārangi-tawhito.

There is also a town in the South Island called Rangiora.

Māori used the plant for a number of medicinal uses. The leaves were used for wounds and old ulcerated sores, and the gum was chewed for foul breath but was poisonous if swallowed. [cite book
last = Brooker
first = S. G.
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coauthors = R. C. Cambie, R.C. Cooper
title = New Zealand Medicinal Plants
publisher = Reed Books
date = 1987
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doi =
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isbn = 0-7900-0250-7 ]

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