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The prumnopitys ferruginea provides food for the New Zealand pigeon.

Maori name being miro produces a regular crop of fleshy, large bright red seeds, which smell strongly of turpentine. The seeds are an important food for forest birds in winter. Maori hunted kereru (native pigeons) at this time, as the birds often gorged themselves on so many seeds that they could barely fly.

Miro is one of Ngai Tahu's toanga (treasured) species. Its timber is straight and strong, similar to rimu. Its leaves, fruit, bark and gum provided food, aromatic oils and various medical and antiseptic uses.

In the past miro was used mainly for building houses.

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