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Leaves

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Leaves

Kauri leaves are flat, oblong and leathery. Bronze when young, they turn bright green as the tree matures.

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Joanna Orwin, Kauri forest – How and where kauri grows, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10020/leaves (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009.