An evergreen New Zealand tree of the myrtle family, which bears crimson flowers in December and January.
（新西兰产开红花的）高大铁心木。在新西兰亦称CHRISTMAS TREE 或FIRE TREE
Metrosideros excelsa, family Myrtaceae
Also called Christmas tree or in New Zealand
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An enormous pohutukawa in front of the Greenaways' house was swept down to the harbour in a mudslide, leaving both properties more exposed to the elements, with the Greenaways' home being particularly vulnerable to further erosion.
In any event there are dozens of stunning beaches along the coast, my favourite being Harataonga for its gnarly pohutukawas, fresh water stream, grassy rolling backdrop and spun-sugar sand.
It may also be because fewer of the pohutukawas are the native pohutukawas which flower only at Christmas.
Editorials were written about the wisdom of planting another imported pine over a native pohutukawa.
When cabbage trees erupt, pohutukawa blaze and the first blowfly of summer sings its siren song, count us out.