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Kaikōmako fruit

Kaikōmako fruit

During winter months, the purple-black fruit of kaikōmako is an important food for forest birds such as whiteheads and bellbirds.

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Joanna Orwin, Shrubs and small trees of the forest – Lookalike subcanopy trees, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13800/kaikomako-fruit (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.